The Karnataka High Court held that the Senior Citizens Act allows elderly parents to evict daughters-in-law, ruling that the dignity and property rights of the aged take precedence over residency claims under the Domestic Violence Act when they are excluded from their own residence.
Read Full ArticleTripura High Court ruled that senior citizens cannot be penalised for not monitoring court websites and restored a delayed first appeal for hearing on merits.
Karnataka High Court rules that a wife cannot invoke the Senior Citizens Act against her husband and quashes revenue authorities’ khata mutation orders.
Supreme Court dismisses son’s plea against eviction from father’s home, upholding senior citizens’ right to live peacefully under the 2007 Act.
Gauhati High Court upheld sons’ eviction from their 86-year-old father’s house, ruling senior citizens need not be destitute to seek relief.
Rajasthan HC upheld the eviction of a son and daughter-in-law under the Senior Citizens Act, stressing protection and dignity of elderly parents.
HC urges Centre to revise Rs 10,000 cap on elder maintenance, saying dignity of senior citizens must match rising cost of living and inflation.
Supreme Court restores elderly mother’s property, upholds Maintenance Tribunals’ powers under Senior Citizens Act, ensuring rights and remedies for the aged.
Right to appeal under Senior Citizens Act is exclusive to parents/senior citizens, not transferees or children: SC. Karnataka HC clarifies key provisions.
The Bombay High Court recently came to the aid of a senior citizen who was illegally ousted from her own home by her son.
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