HC steps in for seniors, sends notice to 2 states, UT

CHANDIGARH: Concerned over the increasing number of cases where children are not taking care of their aged and ailing parents, Punjab and Haryana high court has issued notices to states of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh administration seeking their replies on the strict implementation of Maintenance of and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act.

A notice has been issued by Justice Rajesh Bindal of the HC after taking cognizance of some media reports about such case from Chandigarh wherein a 85-year-old woman was turned out to live at the mercy of others even though she had eight children - five sons and three daughters. In that case, the local police had to come to her rescue and send her to old age home.

"The children are becoming more insensitive, irresponsible and selfish and parliament had to step in by enacting the Maintenance of and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act," observed justice Bindal.

He further said, "In my opinion matter needs to be treated a public interest litigation (PIL) so that the real object for which the act was created can be achieved, as the implementing agencies in the government are not sensitive enough to realize the need and purpose for which this step was taken."

Justice Bindal has also suggested that services of state legal service authorities can also be sensitize and educate the masses about the mandate of the act and consequences of its violations.

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