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| The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 was enacted in December, 2007 to ensure need based maintenance for parents and senior citizens and their welfare. The Act, inter-alia, makes maintenance of parents/ senior citizens by children/ relatives obligatory and justiciable through tribunals; provides for revocation of transfer of property by senior citizens in case of negligence by relatives, and penal provision for abandonment of senior citizens.
The Act has to be brought into force by individual State Governments. So far, 22 States and all Union Territories have done so. It is not applicable to the State of Jammu & Kashmir, while Himachal Pradesh has its own Act for senior citizens. Bihar, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Uttar Pradesh are yet to bring the Act into force.
Tribunals have been set up by States/ UTs which had notified the Act. As per available information, claims instituted by the Tribunals during 2009-10 is as follows:
****** This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, Shri D. Napoleon in the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply.
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Status of implementation of MWPSCA 2007 as of August 2011
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment11-August, 2011 16:58 IST
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Even though AP has set up Tribunals in a few districts, several cases have been decided and awards given Napolean does not know about it. This is because AP has not formally notified the Rules under MWPSCA nor has it taken pains to give correct info to MOSJE.
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