Elderly Parents, If Ill-Treated, Can Take Back Property From Son
The Bombay High Court ruled that elderly parents can take back property gifted to their son if he ill-treats them or fails to look after them in their old age, The Times of India reported on Monday, 16 July. A division bench of Justices Ranjit More and Anuja Prabhudesai cited the special law for the maintenance of senior citizens while upholding a tribunal’s order which had withdrawn an Andheri resident’s gift deed to his son with 50 percent share in the flat. The judges said that the gift deed, which was made at the request of the son and his wife, implied that the elderly father as well as his second wife will be treated with care. According to The Times of India, while cancelling the son’s petition, the court said, “Obviously, the son and his wife though ready and willing to look after the father were unwilling to do so in respect of the second wife.
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