Bholenath Mevalal Nishad vs Shyamdulari Mevalal Nishad

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Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. S S Redekar
For the Respondent: Mr. Mohan Pillai, Ms. S R Crasto, AGP

Table of Content
1. writ petition dismissed; eviction order upheld. (Para 1 , 5 , 6 , 51)
2. senior citizen mother dispossessed by son's trespass into her flat. (Para 2 , 3 , 4)
3. eviction without maintenance claim held not maintainable. (Para 7 , 8 , 9)
4. residence included in maintenance; act protects senior's property. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13)
5. maintenance encompasses residence for senior's normal life. (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19)
6. beneficial act demands purposive liberal interpretation. (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23)
7. jitendra case distinguished due to absence of harassment. (Para 24 , 25 , 26 , 39 , 40)
8. eviction enforces obligation for senior's peaceful residence. (Para 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33)
9. tribunal empowered for property protection beyond monetary aid. (Para 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38)
10. forcible dispossession breaches maintenance duty; eviction justified. (Para 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50)

JUDGMENT :

N. J. JAMADAR, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith, and, with the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, heard finally.

2. By this petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner takes exception to a judgment an