P&H: Sets Aside Senior Citizens Tribunal Orders Passed By Single-Member SDM; Case Remanded For Fresh Decision
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside orders passed under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, after finding that the Maintenance Tribunal’s decision was rendered by a single-member Sub-Divisional Magistrate contrary to a State notification requiring a three-member composition.
The case concerned Mamraj, an octogenarian, who had sought cancellation of a transfer deed dated March 18, 2024 executed in favour of two private respondents. The Maintenance Tribunal cancelled the deed. On appeal, the Appellate Tribunal dismissed the challenge but, at the same time, restrained Mamraj from alienating the ancestral land and directed transfer...
