RIGHTS OF THE ELDERLY ……Mansi Choksi & Anahita Mukherji I TNN
Parents cannot be evicted from a house without due process of the law if they have been staying there from before. There are three enactments that can be applied.
a) Under Section 125 of the CrPC, a magistrate can order a child to maintain his old parents under the Maintenance of Parents Act.
a) Under Section 125 of the CrPC, a magistrate can order a child to maintain his old parents under the Maintenance of Parents Act.
b) The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act says an aged parent can demand maintenance from children in the same way a woman can demand it from her husband.