Section 4 — Maintenance of parents and senior citizens.

4. Maintenance of parents and senior citizens.—(1) A senior citizen including parent who is 

unableto maintain himself fromhis own earning or out of the property owned by him, shall be entitled to 

make an application under section 5 in case of— 

(i) parent or grand-parent, against one or more of his children not being a minor; 

(ii) a childless senior citizen, against such of his relative referred to in clause (g) of section 2. 

(2) The obligation of the children or relative, as the case may be, to maintain a senior citizen extends 

to the needs of such citizen so that senior citizen may lead a normal life. 

(3) The obligation of the children to maintain his or her parent extends to the needs of such parent 

either father or mother or both, as the case may be, so that such parent may lead a normal life. 

(4) Any person being a relative of a senior citizen and having sufficient means shall maintain such 

senior citizen provided he is in possession of the property of such citizen or he would inherit the property 

of such senior citizen: 

Provided that where more than one relatives are entitled to inherit the property of a senior citizen, the 

maintenance shall be payable by such relative in the proportion in which they would inherit his property.