Enforcement of order of maintenance
Section 11 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 deals with enforcement of order of maintenance. A copy of the order of maintenance and including the order regarding expenses of proceedings, as the case may be, shall be given without payment of any fee to the senior citizen or to parent, as the case may be, in whose favour it is made and such order may be enforced by any Tribunal in any place w The Act was enacted on 29 Dec 2007.
(1) A copy of the order of maintenance and including the order regarding expenses of proceedings, as the case may be, shall be given without payment of any fee to the senior citizen or to parent, as the case may be, in whose favour it is made and such order may be enforced by any Tribunal in any place where the person against whom it is made, such Tribunal on being satisfied as to the identity of the parties and the non-payment of the allowance, or as the case may be, expenses, due.
(2) A maintenance order made under this Act shall have the same force and effect as an order passed under Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) and shall be executed in the manner prescribed for the execution of such order by that Code.
Section 11, The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (Act 56 of 2007).
Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Joice P. v. Sub Collector / Maintenance Tribunal
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
Final Order order-1.pdf 2018-09-28 DATE VERIFIED (markdown in case brief). Kerala HC (Alexander Thomas J.): Tribunal wrongly authorised SHO under Senior Citizens Act s.22 to enforce maintenance — s.22 is DM implementation/protection-plan power, not maintenance execution; enforcement is under ss.5(8)/11 (and attendance under s.6(3)); remitted for Tribunal execution. Map s.22 and s.11 only (do not pad s.5 — Priti already fills 5).
On this section: Senior Citizens Act s.11 enforcement of order of maintenance: Tribunal must itself execute final maintenance orders (with s.5(8) for interim) rather than outsourcing under s.22 (Joice P.).
The holding above is the ratio decidendi as extracted from the judgment by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered — it is a rendering of the court's reasoning, not a substitute for its words. Read the order itself before relying on it.
Questions about Section 11
What have the courts held on Section 11 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act?
Joice P. v. Sub Collector / Maintenance Tribunal (28 Sep 2018) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Senior Citizens Act s.11 enforcement of order of maintenance: Tribunal must itself execute final maintenance orders (with s.5(8) for interim) rather than outsourcing under s.22 (Joice P.).
How do I find court cases under Section 11 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Senior Citizens Act 11, section 11 Senior Citizens Act, section 11 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Joice P. v. Sub Collector / Maintenance Tribunal (28 Sep 2018).
When was Section 11 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act enacted?
Section 11 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, cited as Senior Citizens Act 11, was enacted on 29 Dec 2007 as Act 56 of 2007. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
- 5. Application for maintenance488 words
- 6. Jurisdiction and procedure318 words
- 16. Appeals273 words
- 32. Power of State Government to make rules234 words
- 2. Definitions231 words
- 4. Maintenance of parents and senior citizens218 words
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