The Uttarakhand High Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the respondents to establish old age homes in all districts of the state.
The PIL has been filed by a NGO.
The petitioner places reliance on the earlier decision of this Court in Writ Petition (PIL) No 52 of 2013, decided on June 12, 2018.
Reliance is placed on the provisions of the Maintenance and Welfare of the Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.
In light of above, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari directed the Secretary, Social Welfare, Government of Uttarakhand, to file a status report within two weeks disclosing as to what steps have been taken for establishment of the old age homes in all districts of the state.
The Court has listed the matter on December 7, 2022 for further hearing.