Sons asked to pay maintenance to parents in three cases


* Sub-Divisional Officer (Nagpur city) asks sons to pay maintenance of Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000 per month to parents
By Kartik Lokhande 
IN what could be first such orders at least in Nagpur city, Sub-Divisional Officer has asked sons to pay maintenance of Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000 per month to parents in three different cases. The orders have been passed in accordance with Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior  Citizens Act.
Though the administration did not disclose the names and other details pertaining to these cases, SDO (Nagpur city) Rahul Rekhawar told ‘The Hitavada’ that all three cases involved low income group families. These families are of labourers. The parents in these cases had filed complaints against their sons that the latter were harassing them. “The orders we have passed this month (December 2014) are first-of-their-kind at least in Nagpur city,” he said. According to him, sons were living in parental homes and were mounting pressure on parents to vacate the place.
Rekhawar, who is also the Competent Officer of Maintenance Tribunal for Senior Citizens and Parents, said that if children were not taking proper care, the parents/guardians may lodge complaint and file a suit with SDO (Nagpur city), Tehsil Office, Civil Lines. Under the law, Rekhawar stated, harassed parents may get maintenance from children and also get back their property if occupied forcibly by children. Besides, he added, appropriate action could be taken even if a property of parents is sold forcibly by children.
Maharashtra is among at least 16 states that have cleared implementation of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, which was passed in 2007 vide a Central Government notification. As per the law, a person disrespecting or not taking proper care of his/her parents above 60 years of age, may attract imprisonment up to three months or a fine of Rs 5,000 or both. Adopted children also are liable to punitive measures. Under the law, Maintenance Tribunals have been formed in each district. These tribunals have status of a civil court with the powers of Judicial Magistrate First Class.
As per the Act, ‘maintenance’ of parents includes food, shelter, clothing, medical attendance and treatment etc. 

(Published in The Hitavada CityLine on January 1, 2015)

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