In a significant ruling safeguarding the rights of elderly parents, the Supreme Court has upheld the authority of maintenance tribunals under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 to order eviction of children who fail to fulfill their statutory duty of care.

A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta set aside a Bombay High Court order that had quashed the tribunal’s directive directing an 80-year-old man’s son to vacate two properties owned by his father. The apex court restored the tribunal’s decision, observing that the legislation was enacted as a welfare measure to ensure protection and dignity of senior citizens.

The father, aged about 80, and his 78-year-old wife had moved from Mumbai to Uttar Pradesh, leaving their three children in posses

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