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Punjab and Haryana HC: Foreign Nationals are Covered Under Senior Citizens Act(03.02.2016)

Punjab and Haryana HC has ruled that foreign citizens living in India are also covered under Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Ac.....

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Karnataka HC: Senior Citizens Act Prospective in Nature; Won't Affect Past Transactions(29.11.2021)

Karnataka High Court has reiterated that the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, is prospective in nature and will only .....

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Delhi High Court: Can’t Use Senior Citizens Act For Purposes of Property Dispute(23.02.2024)

Delhi High Court has held that the purpose behind enacting Senior Citizens Act, 2007 was to protect the senior citizens from exploitation and not for .....

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Kerala HC: Tribunal's Power of Maintenance Not Circumscribed to Ordering Monthly Allowance(04.04.2022)

Kerala High Court has observed that the power of the Maintenance Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 i.....

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Delhi High Court: Question of Property Title Can’t be Decided by Forums Under Senior Citizens Act(29.05.2024)

Del. HC has held that a reading of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 makes it clear that the forum under the Act do.....

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Del. HC: No Retrospective Effect of Section 23 of Senior Citizens Act, 2007(15.05.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that unless terms of statute expressly provide, retrospective operation should not be given to a statute, has dismiss.....

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Bombay HC: Can't Ask Daughter-In-Law To Pay Mother-In-Law Maintenance Under Senior Citizens Act(19.05.2022)

Bombay High Court has observed that a daughter-in-law cannot be directed to pay maintenance to her ailing mother-in-law, especially in the absence of .....

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Delhi HC to State: Ensure Strict Compliance of Senior Citizens Act(04.08.2022)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Government to ensure strict compliance of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, and al.....

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SC Dismisses Mother's Plea to Evict Son from Ancestral Home under Senior Citizens Act(28.03.2025)

SC while observing that eviction of children is not mandatory in every case, stated that provisions of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior C.....

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Rights of Elderly Persons Must be Recognised & Implemented: SC Issues Directives(14.12.2018)

Supreme Court has observed that there cannot be any excuse of lack of finances either by the Government of India or by the State Governments in strict.....

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Bombay High Court: Senior Citizens Act Cannot be Misused to Summarily Evict a Son(09.12.2025)

Bombay High Court held that the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 protects senior citizens’ rights and cannot be misuse.....

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