UP Plans Tougher Rules To Protect Elderly; Neglectful Children Could Lose Right To Stay At Home
Currently, the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2014 provides elderly people with a mechanism to seek redressal against neglect. Maintenance tribunals headed by sub-divisional magistrates function at the tehsil level where complaints can be filed. The rules also provide for an appeal before the district magistrate.