Ameera M VS Maintenance Tribunal

Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation

D. K. SINGH
Ameera M – Appellant
Versus
Maintenance Tribunal – Respondent

Counsel for the Parties:
For the Petitioners:Sudeep Aravind Panicker, A.S. Dileep, P. Binod, K.Y. Sudheendran, Suseela Dileep and K.N. Harishankar, Advocates
For the Respondents:R. Parthasarathy and B. Krishnan, Advocates

JUDGMENT

Petitioners are the daughter, son, and wife, respectively, who filed proceedings No. N2/217/2023 before the 1st respondent, Maintenance Tribunal, constituted under the provisions of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (‘the Act’ for short).

2. The 2nd respondent is the father of the 1st and 2nd petitioner, and the Husband of the 3rd petitioner, who is a senior citizen, filed a petition under Section 5 of the Act before the Maintenance Tribunal, Kozhikode (1st respondent). It is stated that the petitioners did not take care of providing the residence to him, and he needs maintenance to survive and lead a normal life. It is further stated that second respondent was living abroad, and after he came back from abroad, the petitioners did not permit him to reside in the flat purchased in the joint name of himself and his wife. Before going abroad, all the family members were staying together. After he came back from abroad with some ailments, the petitioners were not ready to accept him, and he had no place to live. It was also prayed that if the petitioners were not willing to permit him to stay with them, they should arrange a house or flat for

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