:1: :1: :1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICITON ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICITON ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICITON AND AND AND IN ITS GENERAL AND INHERENT JURISDICTION IN ITS GENERAL AND INHERENT JURISDICTION IN ITS GENERAL AND INHERENT JURISDICTION FOREIGN ADOPTION PETITION NO.3 OF 2005 FOREIGN ADOPTION PETITION NO.3 OF 2005 FOREIGN ADOPTION PETITION NO.3 OF 2005 In the matter of Guardians and Wards Act, 1890; AND In the matter of appointment of guardian of person of a female minor ATHENA BETH RODRIGUES. Mr. Keith A.J. Rodrigues Mrs. Deepa Rodrigues .. Petitioners CORAM: S.U. KAMDAR, J. CORAM: S.U. KAMDAR, J. CORAM: S.U. KAMDAR, J. DATE : 19TH JANUARY, 2005 DATE : 19TH JANUARY, 2005 DATE : 19TH JANUARY, 2005 P.C. : P.C. : P.C. : 1. I have interviewed the petitioner as well as the child. I have perused the documents which are annexed to the petition. I have also considered the financial status of the petitioner therein. The petitioner has no biological children and this is his first adoption. In the aforsaid circumstaces, I make the petition absolute in terms of prayer clause (a), (b) and (c). :2: :2: :2: 2. The petitioners are directed to execute a Bond in favour of the Prothonotary and Senior Master in the sum of Rs.60,000/- (Rupees Sixty Thousand Only). 3. The petitioners are further directed to pay a sum of Rs.2,500/- (Rupees Two Thousand Five Hundred only) to the said Indian Council of Social Welfare, Mumbai towards the costs of the petition. SD/- ********