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cognisable cases with the police several
For ageing parents, the safety of home can be jeop- Order of eviction
ardised by greedy children
obliged. After coming out of prison on bail,
Sunil requested his father to quash the FIR
against him and promised to soon return all
the money. Sunil being their only child, the
couple became emotional, and agreed. After
quashing of the FIR, the bank accounts of
Sunil and Meena were unfrozen. However,
instead of returning the parents’ life savings,
the son and daughter-in-law started abusing
them and made their life miserable. They
wanted the parents to leave the house and
also demanded ownership of the family
business, which was the means of livelihood
of the parents. The couple was threatened
with physical abuse and they began to fear
for their lives.
Rajkumar and Savitri registered non-
Their grown-up child’s love of money can wipe the smile
off a loving parent’s face
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times against their son and daughter-in-law.
They also wrote letters to the Commissioner
of Police and other authorities asking for
help against the continuing abuse by Sunil
and Meena. They also placed a notice in
some newspapers, publicly disowning their
son. To harass the parents even further,
Sunil and Meena registered false cases
against them.
Finally, having reached the end of their
tether, the parents consulted a lawyer
and filed a complaint before the Forum of
Senior Citizens under the Maintenance and
Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act,
2007, praying for maintenance and eviction
of the son. After going through the case
documents, the Officer passed an order of
eviction against the son and daughter-in-law.
(Note: Police has no role to play as far as this
Act is concerned since it is a civil matter. But
the senior citizens can make an application
before the Sub-Divisional Officer seeking
protection of the police for executing the
order of the Tribunal.)
This order was challenged by Sunil and
Meena but the provision to appeal under
the Act is available only to senior citizens.
They then filed a criminal writ petition in
the High Court under Article 227 of the
Constitution to challenge the order of the
Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal. In the
meanwhile, the eviction order was executed.
The High Court suggested that the parties
should come to a settlement and withdraw
all the cases pending before all the courts
against each other. The matter was referred
to mediation but it failed. Later, the High
Court passed an order in favour of the senior
citizens, upholding the eviction order passed
by the Officer against the son and his wife.
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