India, July 5 -- The Bombay High Court has held that Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder senior citizens are entitled to invoke the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, to protect their properties in India, while setting aside an order directing a woman to vacate her mother-in-law's Juhu flat.

Justice N.J. Jamadar ruled that an OCI cardholder of Indian origin who owns property in the country cannot be denied the remedies available under the Senior Citizens Act merely because she no longer holds Indian citizenship.

"A senior citizen who is of Indian origin and has acquired the property while she was a citizen of India cannot be deprived of the swift and inexpensive remedy provided under the Senior Citi...