Bombay High Court berates Civil Court for disallowing single working mother to adopt child; slams "medieval mindset"

The Civil Court had reasoned that a working single mother won't be able to give proper care and attention to the child.
Bombay High Court berates Civil Court for disallowing single working mother to adopt child; slams "medieval mindset"

The Bombay High Court quashed the order of a civil court which had disallowed a divorced woman from adopt a child on the ground that she was a "working lady" and thus won't be able to give proper care and attention to the adoptive child [Shabnamjahan Moinuddin Ansari vs State of Maharashtra].

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