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Senior Citizens’ Welfare Law Allows Eviction Of Relatives For Breach: Supreme Court

The top court said that the tribunal has the power to order the eviction of a child from the property of a senior citizen.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that when there is a breach of obligation in maintaining a senior citizen, a tribunal, set up under the Maintenance and Welfare of Senior Citizens Act, 2007, is well within its powers to order eviction of a child or a relative from the property of the senior citizen.

The order was passed by a bench comprising justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta earlier this month. The bench, in an order passed on September 12, said the framework of the Act clearly notes that the law was enacted to address the plight of older pe

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