Elderly parents can take back a share in their property given to a son as a gift if he fails to look after them or harasses them, the Bombay high court has ruled.
Citing the special law for the maintenance of senior citizens, a division bench of Justices Ranjit More and Anuja Prabhudesai upheld a tribunal’s order that had cancelled a gift deed given by an elderly Andheri resident by which he had granted 50% share in his flat to his son.
 

Elderly parents can take back a share in their property given to a son as a gift if he fails to look after them or harasses them, the Bombay high court has ruled.
Citing the special law for the maintenance of senior citizens, a division bench of Justices Ranjit More and Anuja Prabhudesai upheld a tribunal’s order that had cancelled a gift deed given by an elderly Andheri resident by which he had granted 50% share in his flat to his son.