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2015 Supreme(P&H) 971

AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH
Balbir Kaur – Appellant
Versus
Presiding Officer-cum-S. D. M. of the Maintenance & Welfare of Senior Citizen Tribunal – Respondent


For the Petitioner:Sudershan Goel and Rupinder Kaur, Advocates.
For the Respondents:G.S. Wasu, Addl. Advocate General.

Augustine George Masih, J.

1. Challenge in this writ petition is to the order dated 11.07.2014 (Annexure P-13) passed by the Maintenance and Welfare of Senior Citizens Tribunal, Pehowa (hereinafter referred to as "the Tribunal") on an application filed under Section 22 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (for short, "the Act") by respondent Nos. 2 and 3, whereby the petitioner (who is a daughter-in-law of respondent Nos. 2 and 3) alongwith her husband, Baljinder Singh, has been ordered to give possession of the house situated in Plot No. 13, Village Kalsa, Tehsil Pehowa, District Kurukshetra to respondent Nos. 2 and 3 primarily on the ground that this application was not maintainable against the petitioner as the daughter-in-law would not fall within the definition of either Rs.children' or Rs.relative' as provided for in Section 2 (a) and (g) of the Act.

2. Briefly, the facts of the case relevant for disposal of this writ petition would be that the petitioner was married to respondent No. 4 on 08.04.2000 as per Sikh rites and ceremonies. They started living in the house bearing Plot No. 13, Village Kalsa. Petitioner alleges that she was subjected






















































































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