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Suo Moto Cognizance Taken By Delhi High Court On Poor Implementation Of Senior Citizens Act, Issues Notices To Delhi Govt, DM, SDMs

Lawstreet Journal 30 May 2022 6:39pm

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The Delhi High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the 2007 Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act's poor implementation. The Court commenced the proceedings in the nature of public interest litigation on its own motion, based on a May 23 letter from Advocate Neha Rai, who highlighted the present state of affairs regarding the aforementioned Act's implementation. (Court on its own motion v. GNCTD)

A Division Bench composed of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta issued notices to the Delhi government, District Legal Service Authorities, District Magistrate (DM) and all the Sub-Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) in the national capital Delhi.

According to the letter, the statutory authorities, particularly the District Magistrate and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, are failing to implement the 2007 Act in a timely manner. It was stated that failure to attend to senior citizens' appeals denies them relief, putting their own existence in jeopardy.

The respondents have been given directions to file their responses to the issues raised in the letter.

The Court also instructed all District Magistrates and Sub Divisional Magistrates to file a status report on individual complaints filed under the 2007 Act, including the time it took for action to be taken and the time it took for SDMs to prepare reports based on physical inspection and verification of the complaints' contents.

From January 1, 2022 onwards, the Court has directed the status reports to include the number of complaints received on the website/helpline number, as well as a… Continue Reading...


Tagged: Senior Citizens   Senior Citizens Act   Senior Citizens Act 2007   Delhi High Court   Advocate Neha Rai   Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi   Justice Sachin Datta   GNCTD  
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