Man files PIL under Senior Citizens Act

A 66-year-old man has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking directions to the Central government to issue a notification for summoning children,living outside the country,who refuse to pay maintenance to their parents. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice Jasbir Singh has issued notices to the Centre and director,department of Justice,on the PIL filed by Baldev Singh Gill,a resident of Moga. Gill has submitted that the Centre had enacted The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act,2007,in order to provide care and social security to elderly persons who are neglected by children. The petitioner referred to Section 6 (5) of the Act which reads “where the children or relative is residing out of India,summons shall be served by the Tribunal through such authority,as the Central government may by notification specify in this behalf”. The government is yet to issue any such notification,Gill claimed.