Advocates Can Represent Parties in Senior Citizens’ Tribunals : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that advocates have the right to represent parties before Senior Citizens’ Maintenance Tribunals under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.

The Court emphasized that denying legal representation infringes on the rights of individuals, particularly when complex legal issues are involved.

The court clarified that the tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies and not informal forums where legal representation should be denied.

The Court set aside orders passed by tribunals that had rejected the appearance of advocates, thereby upholding the fundamental right to be legally represented in such proceedings. (Santosh Savlaram Morajkar vs Sumitra Savlaram Moraskar)