Professor Dr. Hema V. Menon, Professor and Head, Department of Law, Dr. Ambedkar College, Nagpur &
Dr. Swati R. Chiney, Associate Professor, Head-Dept. of Business Laws. Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce, Pune
ABSTRACT
In India; with the rise in - life expectancy, senior citizens’ population, cost of living, migration of young people, number of nuclear families, withering away of joint family system and covid pandemic effect - there would be certainly a rising issue of financial and social insecurity of elderly population in near future. The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 has been enacted in India to protect the right to maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens. According to the researcher, the efficacy of any law needs to be evaluated and tested. So, the researcher has felt the necessity to study and critically evaluate the said Act through this research paper. The object is to initiate discussions and more research on the contemporary issue of maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens of India. The researcher here has studied and evaluated the said Act by reviewing both, its appreciable provisions and criticism.
Keywords: maintenance, welfare, senior citizens, parents, said Act.
