Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
9. Order for
maintenance.-
1.
If
children or relatives, as the case may be, neglect or refuse to maintain a
senior citizen being unable to maintain himself, the Tribunal may, on being
satisfied of such neglect or refusal, order such children or relatives to make
a monthly allowance at such monthly rate for the maintenance of such senior
citizen, as the Tribunal may deem fit and to pay the same to such senior
citizen as the Tribunal may, from time to time, direct.
2.
The
maximum maintenance allowance which may be ordered by such Tribunal shall be
such as may be prescribed by the State Government which shall not exceed ten
thousand rupees per month.