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Maintenance Tribunals cannot resolve property disputes

Senior Citizens Act, 2007 | Maintenance Tribunals can’t resolve property disputes; Civil Courts hold jurisdiction: Allahabad HC

“The present being a case where the grievance sought to be raised by the petitioner is regarding alleged obstruction by his neighbour in the construction of a gate on the petitioner’s property, the same in our view would not come within the purview of provisions of the Senior Citizens Act 2007.”

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Orissa HC quashes Permanent Debarment of higher judiciary aspirant from Government Service over procedural lapse

“The Government must conduct itself as a model employer and in a constitutionally ordained Welfare State a citizen could not be told that the reasons for a decision were stacked in the Godown of the Government since ours was not the East India Company of bygone era”.