Aerika Singh, Chandigarh, June 4, 2011: Terming this petition before it “unfortunate”, Honorable Justice Alok Singh of Punjab & Haryana High Court, today, has directed the City Superintendent of Police to enquire into the matter in a complaint filed by two senior citizens seeking protection of life and liberty from their own son and daughter in law. Senior Citizens Chota Singh and his wife both aged above 80, had earlier complained to the local police against physical abuse by their own son, an influential property dealer. With police showing total insensitivity to the plight of hapless parents, and instead arresting Chota Singh, alleging threatening behavior from a fragile & feeble old man of 80+ suffering from various old age ailments, Chandigarh based NGO Dada dadi for Senior Citizens, had to step in. “This problem is now wide spread which needs to be addressed immediately and Administration should take immediate steps for effective implementation of Maintenance & Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007” says Jorawer Singh, who took up this couple’s case at DadaDadi.
dada dadi is doing good for the helpless senior citizen …….!!
we should also help them in any possible way….nice work …..!!
and we should spread awareness about such thing to helpless people like we helped chota singh………!!
The maintenance act of 2007 for senior citizens is a very good platform to bring children abusing their parents to accountability. The lawyers play a very negative role in motivating the children to harass, abuse and torture the old parents. Lawyers show the golden path to the children and then distantly enjoy the fun of seeing the violence and bloodshed. For the lawyers it is business ;for the society a curse. In case of senior citizens the lawyers also should be given punishment.
The maintenance Act of 2007 has a very big limitation. It only handles case after year 2007. What about widening the scope of this Act as Senior Citizens prior to year 2007 also desrve justice.Can the NGO take this up with the correct authority.