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Recommendations to Galvanise Senior Care

Recognising the urgent need for immediate action on senior and elderly care in India, Healthcare Federation of India-NATHEALTH has convened a cross-sectorial national forum which brings together all the key stakeholders with relevant experience and expertise in senior care. As part of its immediate initiatives, the forum has assessed and put forth key recommendations to strengthen the Centre’s Draft National Policy on Senior Citizens, 2020. These recommendations are significant considering the changing demographic pattern, socioeconomic needs of the senior citizens, social value system, and advancement in the field of science and technology over the last decade. The new policy will replace the “National Policy on Older Persons, 1999”.

The objective of the forum is to drive the right policy structure and governance framework for the Indian Government and establish a coalesced view of the action imperatives for each of the participant and stakeholder segments. It has also initiated work on a joint whitepaper that proposes solutions and ties together a roadmap on priority action areas pertaining to senior care in India.  (Source: www.economictimes.indiatimes.com)

Bombay HC asks State when the Senior Citizens Tribunal will Restart

Last week, the Bombay High Court Bench directed the State Government to appraise it of when the Tribunal established under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 is expected to recommence functioning, virtually or through physical sittings.

The Court was hearing a plea moved by Subhash Ramnath Pandey, a senior citizen, for directions against his son. Pandey submitted that he had moved the High Court for relief as the Senior Citizens Tribunal has not been functioning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Court refused to consider Pandey’s plea for directions against his son, noting that the matter is a domestic one concerning disputed facts which the parties can raise before the appropriate Tribunal.

The Bench remarked that “merely because the Tribunal is temporarily closed, the writ jurisdiction cannot be exercised to issue directions to private parties.” The Court, however, took note of the larger concern of the Tribunal having been closed since March this year. 

(Source: www.barandbench.com)

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