{"id":46075,"date":"2025-04-24T17:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=46075"},"modified":"2025-05-28T15:18:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T09:48:24","slug":"parens-patriae-doctrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/parens-patriae-doctrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Parens Patriae Doctrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Parens Patriae Doctrine Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Bombay High Court, invoking &#8216;parens patriae&#8217;, recently appointed a daughter as the legal guardian of her 78-year-old mother diagnosed with severe dementia.<\/p>\n<h2>About Parens Patriae Doctrine<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Doctrine of Parens Patriae, meaning \u201c<strong>parent of the nation<\/strong>\u201d in Latin, is a legal principle that\u00a0<strong>empowers the state to act as a guardian for individuals\u00a0<\/strong>who are\u00a0<strong>unable to care for themselves.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Under parens patriae, a\u00a0<strong>state or court has a paternal and protective role over its citizens\u00a0<\/strong>or others subject to its jurisdiction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Originating from English common law,<\/strong>\u00a0the doctrine allows the\u00a0<strong>government to protect\u00a0<\/strong>the\u00a0<strong>welfare of vulnerable groups<\/strong>\u00a0such as minors, incapacitated individuals, and persons with disabilities.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It<strong>\u00a0embodies the state\u2019s responsibility to ensure the safety, rights<\/strong>, and interests\u00a0<strong>of those unable to safeguard their own.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In modern legal systems<\/strong>, this principle has been\u00a0<strong>applied in areas such as juvenile justice, mental health, consumer protection, and environmental conservation<\/strong>, making it a cornerstone of judicial intervention to promote societal welfare and equity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Parens Patriae in Indian Legal Framework:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In India, the Doctrine of Parens Patriae\u00a0<strong>reflects the state\u2019s constitutional commitment\u00a0<\/strong>to\u00a0<strong>protecting the welfare<\/strong>\u00a0and rights of its citizens, particularly\u00a0<strong>vulnerable groups.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Indian courts<\/strong>\u00a0have\u00a0<strong>consistently invoked this doctrine<\/strong>\u00a0in areas such as juvenile justice, consumer protection, environmental conservation, mental health, and the rights of persons with disabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mumbai\/bombay-high-court-appoints-daughter-as-legal-guardian-of-mother-with-dementia-under-parens-patriae-doctrine\/articleshow\/120451225.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parens Patriae Doctrine is a legal principle that empowers the state to act as a guardian for individuals who are unable to care for themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":46079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[253,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-46075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-parens-patriae-doctrine","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}