Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007

The case concerned a dispute over a house owned by the late Kallu Mal, where his eldest son Krishna Kumar continued to occupy a portion of the house and run a utensil business. The parents, Samtola Devi and the deceased Kallu Mal, alleged mental and physical abuse by Krishna Kumar and sought eviction under the Maintena…

The petitioner-wife Rinku Baheti filed a transfer petition seeking to move a pending divorce suit to the Pune Family Court and opposed the respondent-husband Sandesh Sharda's application under Article 142(1) for a decree of divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage. The parties had a brief marriage o…

The appellant, Smt. S. Vanitha, sought to remain in a house that she claimed was her matrimonial home and a "shared household" under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDV Act). Her parents‑in‑law, invoking the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (Senior Citizens Act…

Dr. Ashwani Kumar filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking enforcement of elderly persons' rights to adequate pension, shelter, geriatric care and effective implementation of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. The Court examined whether Article 21 of the Constitution, together w…

The appellant, Raja Ram, claimed that his elderly father, aged over 80, was physically infirm and that the respondents, who cared for him, exercised undue influence to obtain a sale deed in their favour in 1970. The plaintiff alleged that the father's age, cataract, and limited mobility rendered him incapable of free c…

The case concerned a senior citizen, Ramti Devi (respondent No.1), who had executed a release deed on 14 November 2008 transferring a portion of her land to her daughters, including the appellant Sudesh Chhikra. She later filed a petition under Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Ac…