While the courts have expressed their concern from time to time about the suffocation, stress, complexity of living and neglect of the elderly, the government has tried to provide peace to the elderly by making laws, but despite this, many people Life has become complicated in suffering. The incidents of turning away from the responsibility of care and maintenance of elderly parents have increased rapidly. A large number of disputes related to maintenance are coming up in the courts.
Recently, a similar case has come to light in the MP High Court that the son of Narsinghpur had refused to maintain his elderly mother.
Hearing this case, the High Court said that giving or not giving property to the parents does not change the duty to nurture the child. Even if parents do not give property to their children, it is still the duty of the children to take care of their parents.
Let us know this important decision of the High Court in detail-
Let us tell you that the elderly woman in this case had filed a case against her son for paying maintenance allowance. The woman accused her son in the lower court of refusing to maintain her SDM and ADM. The court ruled in favor of the woman and ordered to pay maintenance to the son. This decision was challenged by the son in the High Court.
Today’s children have this feeling in their mind that their parents will give more property to their children and they will take care of them. But the High Court clearly stated that maintenance does not depend on how much property they have given to their children. It is the duty of the children to maintain their children and their parents. , The High Court, while upholding the decision of the lower court, ordered the son to pay alimony of Rs 8000 per month to his mother.
Decision taken under this rule –
Let us tell you that according to the Act, 2007, the court cited the maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens and said that this law aims to protect elderly parents from being abandoned and neglected by their children. Designed for.
Court’s rebuke on son’s argument –
In this case, the son had filed a case against his mother saying that the mother had not given him any property. Therefore, he is not responsible for her maintenance and alimony. The High Court made a strong comment on this and said that it is the moral responsibility of the children to fulfill the duty of their parents. The single bench of High Court Justice (Elderly parents) Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia has given this decision. He clarified that if the petitioner is aggrieved by the unequal distribution of property by his parents, he has the option of filing a separate civil suit. He cannot run away from the responsibility of maintaining his parents.
