Revoking Gifts by Senior Citizens: Supreme Court judgment ‘Beneficial’ but questions remain

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Revoking Gifts by Senior Citizens: Supreme Court judgment ‘Beneficial’ but questions remain

Introduction In our previous blog post (accessed here), we discussed the judgement of the Supreme Court (SC) in Sudesh Chhikara v. Ramti Devi & Anr[1] (Sudesh Chhikara), whichheld that a gift or transfer of property by a senior citizen may be declared void by a Maintenance Tribunal only if certain conditions as set out in section 23(1) of the under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (Senior Citizens Act) are ful…