Senior Citizens Act — Shared Household · 8 September 2026
Anuradha Bansal v. District Magistrate and Others: Senior Citizens Act Cannot Be Used to Evict a Daughter-in-Law From a Shared Household
High Court of Punjab and Haryana · LPA-2464-2026
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A mother-in-law sought the eviction of her estranged daughter-in-law from a residential property, under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, in the midst of an ongoing matrimonial dispute between the daughter-in-law and her son. When her application was rejected, she brought a Letters Patent Appeal before a Division Bench of the High Court.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed the appeal. It held that the summary mechanism under the Senior Citizens Act is meant to secure maintenance and welfare for elderly parents, not to be used as a means of adjudicating matrimonial or property disputes, or to evict a daughter-in-law who otherwise holds a protected right to reside in a shared household under the Domestic Violence Act — a right the Supreme Court had already recognised in S. Vanitha v. Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru Urban District as one the Senior Citizens Act cannot be used to override.
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