Saurabh
Prashar, TNN | Mar 18, 2012, 05.20AM IST
CHANDIGARH: A 66-year-old Sudhir Singla
of Sector 37, who retired from Punjab
Irrigation Department seven years ago had spent his life's entire savings
on the education of his three children, is now a dumped father. He has knocked
the door of a local court of SDM seeking maintenance charges for his livelihood
under Protection and Welfare of Parents Act, 2007 from his elder son.
I had never thought that I will have to move court against my own blood, but the changed attitude of my three children forced me to take this step, Singla told TOI. He said, Situation became worse after my wifes death.
Singla is not the only senior citizen of Chandigarh, who approached the court of area sub-divisional magistrate (SDM). Around 25 elderly have moved different courts seeking maintenance charges from their children in last six months.
The plight of these people came to light during an awareness seminar on Protection and Welfare of Parents Act, 2007 at Government Museum and Arts Gallery, Sector 10, on Saturday. The seminar was organized by Chandigarh Senior Citizens Association (CSCA).
Om Parkash, 65, of Sector 27 also approached the SDM seeking maintenance charges from his two sons. For the past one-and-half years I was ignored by my family and was subjected to rude behaviour by both my sons and daughters-in-law, he rued. Parkash had shifted to Chandigarh after selling his five acre agriculture land in Gurdaspur district around 32 years ago and his two sons have established their own small-time businesses in the city.
SDM (south) Nidhi Srivastva, who was a member of panel, said, We have received 10 to 15 complaints by elderly people against their children. But the actual situation is worse as not many people move the court."
CSCA president Brig (retd) Keshav Chandra said, "Though senior citizen association is receiving a number of complaints from senior citizens highlighting harassment at hands of their children, majority of them refused to file complaint." Our motive was to encourage them to file complaints, he added.
I had never thought that I will have to move court against my own blood, but the changed attitude of my three children forced me to take this step, Singla told TOI. He said, Situation became worse after my wifes death.
Singla is not the only senior citizen of Chandigarh, who approached the court of area sub-divisional magistrate (SDM). Around 25 elderly have moved different courts seeking maintenance charges from their children in last six months.
The plight of these people came to light during an awareness seminar on Protection and Welfare of Parents Act, 2007 at Government Museum and Arts Gallery, Sector 10, on Saturday. The seminar was organized by Chandigarh Senior Citizens Association (CSCA).
Om Parkash, 65, of Sector 27 also approached the SDM seeking maintenance charges from his two sons. For the past one-and-half years I was ignored by my family and was subjected to rude behaviour by both my sons and daughters-in-law, he rued. Parkash had shifted to Chandigarh after selling his five acre agriculture land in Gurdaspur district around 32 years ago and his two sons have established their own small-time businesses in the city.
SDM (south) Nidhi Srivastva, who was a member of panel, said, We have received 10 to 15 complaints by elderly people against their children. But the actual situation is worse as not many people move the court."
CSCA president Brig (retd) Keshav Chandra said, "Though senior citizen association is receiving a number of complaints from senior citizens highlighting harassment at hands of their children, majority of them refused to file complaint." Our motive was to encourage them to file complaints, he added.
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Whether Malaysian needs
this Law?
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