India, Dec. 9 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday set aside two orders of the Senior Citizen Tribunal that had directed a 53-year-old man and his wife to vacate a bungalow owned by his 75-year-old father, a retired IAS officer. The court held that the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, meant to protect vulnerable senior citizens, cannot be used as a tool for "summary eviction" when there is no allegation of harassment or denial of maintenance.

The dispute concerns a ground-plus-one bungalow in Andheri. The father, who lives with his wife in another flat in the same area, had allowed his son to stay in the bungalow "out of humanity, love and affection". In March 2024, he approached the Tribunal seeking the so...