Abused parents win legal battle against son, his wife

New Delhi: Beaten and abused for years, an elderly couple has won a legal battle against their son and daughter-in-law with a city court asking the man and his wife to evict from the house and let the senior citizens live peacefully.

South Delhi District Magistrate Amjad Tak allowed the plea filed by the 78-year-old man and his wife, 74, seeking protection from their son and daughter-in -law under the provisions of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 read with the Delhi Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2009 and 2016.

"I am of considered opinion that the petitioners are adversely affected by the unruly behaviour of the respondents and the senior citizen petitioners are suffering from the misdeeds of the respondents and denied peaceful possession of the property," he said, after hearing both the parties.

"Using the powers entrusted under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 and the Delhi Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2009, the application moved by the petitioners is allowed and after examining all the documents, I hereby order...(son and daughter-in-law) to evict from the property of the petitioners," the magistrate said.

According to the petition filed by the elderly couple in November 2017 through advocate Vikas Malhotra, their son and daughter-in-law were forcibly occupying the first floor of the house in Panchsheel Park here by committing trespass.