The MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS ACT 2007 implements obligations of:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 was enacted to ensure social security for elderly persons.
2. KEY PROVISIONS:
3. (i) CHILDREN — including adopted children — have a STATUTORY OBLIGATION to maintain their parents.
4. (ii) Where a senior citizen has no children, relatives who would inherit are liable.
5. (iii) MAINTENANCE TRIBUNALS at sub-divisional level — speedy adjudication (90 days).
6. (iv) Maintenance amount up to Rs 10,000 per month.
7. (v) State governments to establish OLD AGE HOMES (minimum 1 per district).
8. (vi) Section 23: if a senior citizen has transferred property in expectation of being maintained, and the transferee fails to provide maintenance, the transfer may be VOIDED.
9. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: International HR Treaties + Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence — Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007_
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