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2022 Supreme(Cal) 1309

AJOY KUMAR MUKHERJEE
Himangshu Mondal – Appellant
Versus
Sachirani Mondal – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Saunak Bhattacharyya, Mr. Shiladitya Barma, Mr. Sumitava Chakraborty, Ms. Apurbaa Patra.
For the Opposite Party : Mr. Ramkrishna Bhattacharjee, Mr. Kaushik Choudhury, Ms. Basea Khatun.

Judgement Key Points

Key Points: - The judgment discusses whether Section 23 applies to a gift deed and requires a condition to provide basic amenities/physical needs, or if such conditions must be explicit (p_6, p_8, p_9, p_10). - It analyzes the need for express or implied conditions and the Tribunal’s consideration of surrounding circumstances and conduct after transfer (p_11, p_12, p_13, p_15). - It addresses the use of Article 227 of the Constitution to interfere with Tribunal orders and sets the extent of such interference (p_6, p_7, p_17).

What is the scope of Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 in relation to gift deeds and whether a transfer by gift can be declared void for not providing basic amenities and physical needs?

What are the evidentiary requirements and proper basis for a Tribunal to declare a gift deed void under Section 23, including whether an express or implied condition can be inferred from the deed or surrounding circumstances?

How does Article 227 of the Constitution empower judicial intervention to set aside a Tribunal’s order, and what is the proper extent of interference in a revisional application seeking cancellation of a gift deed?

JUDGMENT :

(Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J.)

1. challenging order dated September 13, 2019 passed by the Sub- Divisional Magistrate, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur in Maintenance Tribunal Case No.11 of 2018, present revisional application has been preferred.

2. The petitioner’s case gist is that the opposite party along with her late husband, namely, Prabir Chandra Mondal being the parents of the petitioner herein in consideration of the natural love and affection which they bear towards the petitioner, have jointly executed a registered deed of gift dated July 7, 2011 and thereby transferred their respective shares into different plots of land under two different moujas total measuring about 1.09 acres and 18 chittak in favour of the petitioner.

3. Subsequently, the petitioner mutated his name in the record of rights and paying the revenue thereof. Thereafter, all of a sudden, parents of the petitioner approached the Maintenance Tribunal at Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur and preferred an application, alleging thereby that the petitioner after procuring the said deed of gift has failed to provide the basic amenities and the necessary physical needs as required by them and inter alia prayed for a

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2022 Supreme(Cal) 1309

AJOY KUMAR MUKHERJEEHimangshu Mondal – AppellantVersusSachirani Mondal – Respondent

What is the scope of Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 in relation to gift deeds and whether a transfer by gift can be declared void for not providing basic amenities and physical needs?

What are the evidentiary requirements and proper basis for a Tribunal to declare a gift deed void under Section 23, including whether an express or implied condition can be inferred from the deed or surrounding circumstances?

How does Article 227 of the Constitution empower judicial intervention to set aside a Tribunal’s order, and what is the proper extent of interference in a revisional application seeking cancellation of a gift deed?

AJOY KUMAR MUKHERJEE
Himangshu Mondal – Appellant
Versus
Sachirani Mondal – Respondent