Mumbai, October 11, 2020: The Bombay High Court has directed the State Government to appraise it of when Senior Citizens Tribunal be established under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 is expected to recommence functioning, virtually or through physical sittings.

The Bombay High Court Bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and MN Jadhav was hearing a plea moved by Subhash Ramnath Pandey, a senior citizen, for directions against his son.

Pandey submitted that he had moved the High Court for relief as the Senior Citizens Tribunal has not been functioning amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Court refused to consider Pandey's plea for directions against his son, noting that the matter is a domestic one concerning disputed facts which the parties can raise before the appropriate Tribunal.

The Bench remarked that "merely because the Tribunal is temporarily closed, the writ jurisdiction cannot be exercised to issue directions to private parties."

The Court clarified that it will not look into the inter se dispute between the parties to the case. However, for the limited purpose of issuing directions to the State on the aspect of restarting the functioning of the Senior Citizens Tribunal, Pandey has been directed to implead the State as a respondent to his plea.
The Court has directed the Government Pleader to take instructions from the concerned Secretary of State in advance before the nextdate.

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