Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
Section 9(1)—Order of maintenance—Power of Tribunal—Maintenance Tribunal is empowered to pass separate order qua each of the senior citizens in respect of the 'children' or 'relatives'—Each of the senior citizen can independently file proceedings for payment of maintenance under Section 9 of the Act against same children or relatives.
[Para 17]
Section 9(2)—Maintenance—Quantum—Maintenance Tribunal can order children or relatives to pay maximum maintenance allowance of rupees ten thousand qua each senior citizen—There are two senior citizens and therefore maximum amount that can be ordered by the Maintenance Tribunal could not have exceeded rupees twenty thousand—Order of the Tribunal directing payment of maintenance allowance of rupees twenty six thousand by all three children to two senior citizens is clearly unsustainable and is liable to be modified.
[Para 19]