RADHA RANI vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

CWP-11890-2021 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-11890-2021 (O&M) Date of decision: 05.05.2026 Radha Rani ….Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Ram Bilas Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Bhupender Singh, Addl. A.G., Haryana. Mr. N.P.Singh, Advocate, for respondent No.5. **** KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (Oral) 1) The instant writ petition, filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, is directed against the order dated 07.04.2021 (Annexure P-14), passed by the learned Maintenance Tribunal, constituted under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, vide which, application preferred by the senior citizen-respondent No.5 (mother-in-law) was allowed. Further, the order dated 22.04.2021 (Annexure P-15), is also assailed, vide which, the appeal preferred by the petitioner against the order (supra), has been dismissed by learned Appellate Tribunal. 2) Learned State counsel, at the very outset, submits that in view of the notification dated 08.12.2020, prescribing the composition of the Maintenance Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals, the o