MOTI LAL vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

2026:PHHC: vo CWP-4994-2022 1 ae IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP- 4994 of 2022 Date of decision: 20.05.2026 Moti Lal .... Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana and others .... Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Jitender K. Sehrawat, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Bhupender Singh, Addl. A.G. Haryana. Mr. Manoj Chahal, Advocate, for respondent No.3. KULDEEP TIWARI, J (Oral) 1. Through the instant writ petition, a challenge is thrown to the order dated 13.08.2021 (Annexure P-6) passed by the learned District Magistrate, Hisar, whereby, the application filed by the petitioner (senior citizen) under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (for short, "the Act of 2007"), seeking eviction of respondent No.3, who is a daughter-in-law, was dismissed. 2. At the outset, when this Court confronted the learned counsel for the petitioner, with the judgment rendered by the Division Bench of this Corut in LPA No. 701 of 2018, titled Babu Lal Sharma vs. Sushila Devi and others, decided on 15.12.2025, and posed a query as to how the application seeking eviction of the daughter-in-law is maintainable under the Act of