PRAKASH KRISHNA GAMARE AND ANR vs KRISHNA GANPAT GAMRE AND ANR

F-OJ-40-WP-5932-2024.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5932 OF 2024 Prakash Krishna Gamare & Anr …Petitioners Versus Krishna Ganpat Gamre & Anr …Respondents Mr. S.C. Mangle, a/w Tanmay M. Shembavanekar, for the Petitioners. Ms. Vijayalaxmi Obhan, i/b Pankaj Jadhav, for Respondents. CORAM : SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J. DATE : February 9, 2026 Oral Judgement: 1. Rule. Made returnable forthwith, and by consent of the parties, taken up for final hearing. Context and Factual Background: 2. The challenge in this Petition is to an order dated February 2, 2024 (“Impugned Order”) by which the Petitioners (“ the Sons”) have been directed, in exercise of powers under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (“ the Act”), to vacate the 3. I have heard Mr. Tanmay Shembavanekar, Learned Advocate on behalf of the Sons and Ms. Vijayalaxmi Obhan, Learned Advocate on behalf of the Respondents. With their assistance I have reviewed the material on record. Contentions of the Sons: 4. Mr. Shembavanekar on behalf of the Sons would submit that a plain reading of the Impugned Order indicates that the Maintenance Tribunal c