India, March 7 -- The Bombay High Court upheld an order directing a man and his wife to vacate a flat owned by his 71-year-old mother, observing that a senior citizen can seek eviction of children from her property. The women claimed that the couple physically assaulted her and pressured her to execute documents transferring ownership of the flat to the son.

A single-judge bench of Justice N.J. Jamadar noted that the woman was currently living in a geriatric care facility after allegedly being forced out of her own home. The court said that evicting the occupants from her property was necessary to enable her to live peacefully in her house.

The case arose from a complaint filed by the woman before the Maintenance Tribunal under the Main...