{
  "id": 15335281,
  "title": "CARA referral doesn’t give enforceable right to adopt child if legally ineligible: Delhi HC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/cara-referral-doesnt-give-enforceable-right-to-adopt-child-if-legally",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T02:15:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cara-referral-doesn-t-give-enforceable-right-to-adopt-child-if-legally-ineligible-delhi-hc-101792262752631.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Delhi high court has held that prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) do not acquire an enforceable right to adopt a child merely by accepting the referral and having the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) process their application for a no-objection certificate (NOC), if they are legally ineligible to adopt",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}