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
P&H: Sets Aside Senior Citizens Tribunal Orders Passed By Single-Member SDM; Case Remanded For Fresh Decision
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18 May 2026
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Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, Haryana Government Notification dated 08-12-2020 — Maintenance Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal — Composition — Order passed solely by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate without the lawful coram prescribed in the notification is by an authority lacking jurisdiction and is a nullity in the eyes of law and cannot be sustained. (Paras 3 and 5) Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, Haryana Government Notification
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