Lawyers Entitled To Represent Parties Before Maintenance Tribunals Under Senior Citizens Act: Bombay High Court
In a significant ruling, the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court has held that advocates appearing before a Maintenance Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 have the right to be heard and to plead, in accordance with Section 30 of the Advocates Act, 1961. The ruling came in a case where the Maintenance Tribunal in Mapusa passed an order without allowing the…
