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Senior Citizens Could Soon Sue Children-In-Law For Not Looking After Them

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December 5, 2019
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Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019

Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019

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Remember the Bollywood movie Baaghban (2003)? Well, Government of India is now moving forward in a highly positive draft Bill to amend the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 .

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Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Image Courtesy: TOI)

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  • A draft Bill is under process to amend the provisions of 2007 Act, to arraign sons-in-law and daughters-in-law if they fail to look after their aged in-laws and provide monthly maintenance
  • This means if senior citizens are neglected or not maintained by their children or their sons-in-law or daughters-in-law, they could approach maintenance tribunal for justice
  • The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which has been cleared by the Union Cabinet, is likely to be introduced in Parliament soon, and will also remove the cap of Rs 10,000 as maximum maintenance
  • Children who earn more should pay more to their parents as maintenance according to the new bill
  • Violators of the law could be punished with a minimum fine of Rs 5,000 or three months jail term or both
  • Some features added in the Bill include preference to applications of those senior citizens above 80-years old if they lodge a complaint about their neglect by their children or non-payment of maintenance
  • It is proposed that the application for monthly allowance for maintenance and expenses for proceedings shall be disposed of within 90-days from the date of receipt of application by the Tribunal (not from date of service of notice as given in the Act currently)
  • Also, such application shall be disposed of within 60 days in case of senior citizens who are over 80 years
  • The Bill also mandates all senior citizens homes/home care service agencies should register themselves with the authorities concerned
  • Similarly there would be minimum standards prescribed for senior citizen care homes as per the draft Bill
  • There would be nodal officers for senior citizens in every police station or district level special police unit to hear their grievances
  • A dedicated helpline number would be available for senior citizens in every state to convey their problems
  • The definition ‘maintenance’ has been expanded to include safety and security of the parents besides taking care of their food, clothing, housing and health care obligations
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Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Image Courtesy: TOI)

Announcing the cabinet decision, I&B minister Prakash Javadekar said,

The bill is aimed at ensuring dignity of parents and senior citizens. The proposed changes include adoptive children and stepsons and daughters. It is proposed to expand the definition of senior citizens to include uniform adoption of age criteria for all benefits extended by central, state, semi-government and private sector to them.

The uniform age criteria comes with the caveat that it shall not adversely affect existing benefits extended by these agencies to those below 60.

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Prakash Javadekar – I&B Minister

This amendment will surely ensure security for those parents who have been suffering at the hands of not just daughters-in-law or sons-in-law, but also their own daughters and sons. It is a matter of shame that there needs to be a law to ensure children provide basic financial safety for their parents; for those parents who would have given up all their life for making their children what they are today.

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