LAWS(DLH)-2023-5-194

CHARANJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Vs. UNION OF INDIA

Decided On May 12, 2023
Charanjit Singh Ahluwalia Appellant
V/S
UNION OF INDIA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J 1. The instant writ petition challenges the constitutional validity of Sec. 23(1) of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (hereinafter referred to as the "Senior Citizens Act") whereby it restricts the applicability of the Sec. only to the gifts of property made by a senior citizen after the commencement of the Senior Citizens Act.

(2.) The brief facts leading to the filing of the writ petition are as follows:-

(3.) The Petitioner states that, the Senior Citizens Act came into force in the year 2008. Sec. 23 of the Senior Citizens Act reads as under:-