Updated On: 21 July, 2025 01:42 PM IST | Chandigarh | PTI
According to the complaint, despite being aged and suffering from severe health conditions requiring multiple surgeries, the couple has been subjected to isolation, verbal abuse, and psychological trauma while living under the same roof with their son and his wife in Panchkula

Under Section 4 of the Act, senior citizens are entitled to claim maintenance from their children. Representational Pic
The Haryana Human Rights Commission has issued a directive in favour of an elderly couple who have accused their son and daughter-in-law of sustained harassment, neglect, abandonment, and coercion to transfer property.
According to the complaint, despite being aged and suffering from severe health conditions requiring multiple surgeries, the couple has been subjected to isolation, verbal abuse, and psychological trauma while living under the same roof with their son and his wife in Panchkula.
The complainants, an 82-year-old man and his 72-year-old wife, approached the commission seeking urgent intervention against sustained harassment, neglect and abandonment by their son and daughter-in-law.