Maintenance And Welfare Of Parents And Senior Citizens: Legal Insights

Abstract

In India dharma has placed a pious obligation on the younger generation to take care of parents. Family law also imposes such obligation on the sons to clear the debts of the father. In Indian culture caring the old age people is blessings from God and was considered as punya. In Indian family’s son is having great responsibility in taking care of his aged parents. India has a great tradition of joint family system. But due to paradigm shift from age old ethos to urban system, most of the families are not accepting the concept of extended family system. Younger generations have forgot their grandparents and living with them together. Earlier grandparents and other members of the family traditional values are made imbibed in Indian children from their childhood that older people are wise, experienced and must have due regards, respect and esteem towards them which was variously provided in Vedas, Purana and dharma shastra during the pre-constitution period.