New Delhi: The plea of a 37-year-old divorced woman seeking rights of residence, maintenance and protection from her father has been dismissed by a Delhi court which said that she was capable of earning her livelihood and it was not incumbent on a parent to look after a middle-aged daughter.
District and sessions judge upheld the order of a magisterial court and dismissed the revision petition of the woman alleging that her 80-year-old father did not provide her education in her childhood, hence she was incapable of earning a living.
“I see no reason why an able-bodied person like the revisionist (woman) should drag her father to the court and claim maintenance without any legal enforceability.
“It is not incumbent on a parent to look after his daughter, a middle-aged woman, at this stage of his life. On the contrary, it is for the children to look after the aged parents in their old age,” the judge said.
The court upheld the observation of the magistrate that the woman sought maintenance from her father, instead of her divorced husband.
