Know why Karnataka High Court denied bail to 68-year-old accused for gangrape of minor
“The act of committing sexual assault on the victim by taking advantage of her poverty and her innocence and also particular community is ruthless act.”
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‘The very concept of family is being eroded’; SC dismisses appeal seeking eldest son’s eviction
Supreme Court pointed out that the provisions of the Senior Citizens Act, nowhere specifically provides for drawing proceedings for eviction of persons from any premises owned or belonging to such a senior person.
Supreme Court quashes gift deed executed by elderly mother in favor of son due to non-compliance with maintenance obligations under MWPSC Act
Supreme Court reiterated that it is a social obligation for both sons and daughters to maintain their parents when they are unable to do so.
Bombay HC rejects anticipatory bail application of a man who assaulted a senior citizen for allegedly carrying ox/buffalo meat
Applicant along with other people, threatened the informant, a senior citizen aged about 71 years, to throw him off the train and kill him and even hit the informant on face, eyes, and stomach.
Daughter-in-law’s right to shared household under DV Act does not supersede right of senior citizen to seek relief under Senior Citizens Act in case of gross ill-treatment: Delhi HC
Mere fact that the mother may be physically unwell, does not compel her to accept the presence of those who, in her perception, have contributed to her distress. The Court cannot impose on the senior citizen a forced living arrangement against her will, especially when it has been found to be a source of her suffering.
Delhi High Court imposes costs on MCD for delay in filing written statement impacting senior citizen’s case
The Court observed that MCD is a big Government Department, and this civic agency must be handling innumerable matters but that does not give any automatic handle to MCD to file written statement as per its own whims and fancies.
Delhi High Court directs Government to decide plea for conducting door-to-door survey for collection of senior citizen data
The Delhi High Court directed the petition to be treated as a representation to the Chief Secretary, Government, State (NCT of Delhi).
Delhi High Court rules eviction of son and daughter-in-Law; Directs son to pay Rs. 10,000 monthly maintenance under Senior Citizen Act
Rule 22(3)(1) of the Delhi Senior Citizens Rules outlines a procedure for eviction from a senior citizen’s property and sub-rule (iv) allows the authority to conduct summary proceedings and order eviction of a son, daughter, or legal heir for non-maintenance and ill-treatment.
Decoding Allahabad HC verdict on right to eviction under Maintenance & Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act
The DM as an appellate authority can ensure that no one should make any hindrance to a senior citizen to enjoy the property as per his ‘need’, and the right to eviction is the last step.
Delhi High Court dismisses petition filed by a 97-year-old challenging prospective operation of S. 23 Senior Citizens Act
Delhi High Court observed that the present case is not a case of casus omissus and the Court while exercising its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution cannot make the provision what the Legislature did not intend it to be.
[Senior Citizens Act] Bombay High Court upholds eviction of son and his wife from the premises of mother; Directs son to pay maintenance
Bombay High Court: In a petition filed by the son challenging the order passed by the Sub Divisional Officer, Eastern
Imposing higher punishment on an illiterate senior citizen, merely because psychotropic substance was recovered from her residence, wrong; SC reduces sentence
Supreme Court: In an appeal directed against the judgment and order upholding conviction of the appellant for the offence under Section 20(b)(ii)(C)
Old Age Home inmates can’t get away with causing disruption of peace of other inmates; Administration can ask them to vacate the room: Supreme Court
“One can understand the mental trauma which the parents face in the evening of their life but the agony suffered by a parent cannot be a cause of disturbance to the other inmates or to the organizers who have resolved to take care and run the old age home.”
Parent’s right to claim maintenance from son: Let’s know what Gujarat HC held in 2013
In 2013, Gujarat High Court addressed a case wherein a son audaciously suggested that his parents should move to and stay in
Senior Citizen soon to enter her 90’s desired to end her life: Son and Grandson mentally left no stone unturned to make life of ‘grandmother’ a living hell | Bom HC emphasizes on family and societal values being perished
Bombay High Court: G.S. Kulkarni, J., addressed an ordeal of a senior citizen who would be soon in her nineties and was
P&H HC| Whether derogatory remarks made during private conversation would attract provisions of SC & ST Act? Can a stranger to dispute invoke provisions of the Act?
“No FIR under SC&ST Act (can) be registered at the instance of third party, unless an opinion is sought from the District Attorney (Legal) that the complainant falls within the definition of victim as per SC&ST Act.”
Contribution for renovation to father’s self-acquired property a ground to not being evicted ? Here’s what P&H HC opined while deciding on Eviction Order for Son and Daughter-in-law
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Expressing that when the children, who the parents have reared with untold sorrows and miseries, throw them
Madras HC | Sons turning turtle after giving undertaking to vacate their father’s premises is Contempt of Court: Read synopsis of Court’s opinion
Madras High Court: The Division Bench of P.N. Prakash and R. Pongiappan, JJ., addressed a contempt petition filed under Section 10 of
“Already dismissed from service on being convicted”; Supreme Court reduced quantum of sentence of 70 years old appellant, convicted under Prevention of Corruption Act
Supreme Court: In a case relating to Prevention of Corruption Act, the 3-judge bench of Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R.
COVID-19|Disburse pension on time; Provide medicines, face masks, etc to elderly people: SC to States/UTs
Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ has directed that all old age people who are eligible