In URMILA DIXIT Versus SUNIL SHARAN DIXIT AND ORS CIVIL APPEAL NO. 10927 OF 2024 the Supreme Court held that gift deeds signed by parents could be quashed under Maintenance and Welfare of the Parents and Senior Citizens Act if the children fail to take care of them.
The transfer of property would be declared null and void, court said.
A bench of Justices C T Ravikumar and Sanjay Karol said the Act is a beneficial legislation meant to lend a helping hand to elders who are left alone due to withering of joint family system and that its provisions should be interpreted liberally, and not in the strict sense, to protect their rights