Elderly Persons Not Being Looked After Due To Withering Of Joint Family: Court
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A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Firdosh Pooniwalla noted that ageing has become a major social challenge and hence there is a need to give more attention to the care and protection of senior citizens.
Elderly persons are not being looked after by their kin due to the withering of the joint family system, the Bombay High Court said on Tuesday while ordering a man to vacate his mother's home illegally occupied by him and his wife.
A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Firdosh Pooniwalla noted that ageing has become a major social challenge and hence there is a need to give more attention to the care and protection of senior citizens.
"Due to the withering of the joint family system, a large number of elderly are not being looked after by their family, consequently, many older persons, particularly widowed women are now forced to spend their twilight years all alone and are exposed to emotional neglect and to lack of physical and financial support," the bench said.
