Minister calls to cancel property transfers to children if parents abandoned in Govt hospital
Bengaluru, Mar 16 (PTI): Karnataka Minister Sharan Prakash Patil on Sunday called for the cancellation of wills and property transfers in cases where senior citizens were reportedly abandoned in government hospitals by their children after the transfer of property to their names.
According to officials, in a "shocking and inhumane" trend, several elderly parents have been abandoned in government medical college hospitals by their children, often after transferring property rights to them.
"At the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences alone, over 150 cases of deserted senior citizens have been reported, with more than 100 similar cases in other medical institutions across the state," a statement from the Minister's Office said.
During a recent review meeting, the director of BIMS raised this issue with the Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Sharan Prakash Patil. Deeply concerned, the minister directed the director of medical education Dr BL Sujatha Rathod to alert all institute heads and lodge complaints with assistant commissioners to take action against the children responsible.
He also called for the cancellation of wills and property transfers executed by abandoned parents in favour of their children.
"Many abandoned parents have stated that their children deserted them in hospitals, knowing they would receive food, clothing, and shelter. While some cite economic hardships, most cases involve elderly individuals being left behind after they transferred their properties to their children.
To support these abandoned seniors, BIMS authorities have arranged shelter in retirement homes in and around Belagavi for 70 senior citizens, while many others remain in hospitals," the statement said.
Patil emphasised that the directors of the medical institutes must file complaints to ensure that assistant commissioners take action under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.
"Many people are unaware of this law. It mandates that children or relatives must provide financial and medical support to senior citizens. If they fail to do so, parents have the legal right to cancel property transfers made in favour of their children," he stated.
According to him, As per Section 23 of the Act, if children neglect or abandon their parents after inheriting property, the law allows the cancellation of wills or property transfers, restoring ownership to the elderly parents.
With increasing reports of such cases, the government is stepping in to ensure justice for abandoned senior citizens and hold their children accountable, he added.
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PIL against racial violence: SC asks attorney general to consider plea
New Delhi (PTI): Identifying persons on grounds of race, region, sex and caste would amount to treading a regressive path, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while refusing to entertain a PIL seeking to prevent discrimination and violence against citizens from the northeast and other regions.
“A crime is a crime and it must be dealt with an iron hand,” a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said. It asked Attorney General R Venkataramani to consider and refer the petition to an appropriate authority.
"Identifying persons on the ground of race, region, sex and caste would amount to treading a regressive path after so many years of independence," the bench said.
At the outset, petitioner Anoop Prakash Awasthi, a Delhi-based lawyer, said the matter was raised on the floor of Parliament but lawmakers declined to make any such agency to deal with such hate crimes.
The PIL was filed on December 28 last year in the backdrop of the brutal killing of Anjel Chakma, a 24-year-old MBA student from Tripura. Chakma died on December 26, 2025 to grievous injuries sustained in a racially motivated attack in Selaqui area of Dehradun.
The lawyer said no one came forward to save Chakma.
The apex court refused to entertain the PIL and said, “As of now, we deem it appropriate that the aforesaid issue ought to be brought before the competent authority.”
“The instant writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to hand over the soft copy of the petition to the office of AG , also along with a copy of this order,” the bench said, adding that the top law officer will do the needful.
The PIL has sought judicial intervention to address the "continuing constitutional failure" to prevent and respond to racial discrimination and violence against citizens from northeastern states and other frontier regions.
Chakma had gone to Dehradun after completing his graduation in Holy Cross School, Agartala, to pursue an MBA. He was stabbed to death in the presence of his younger brother Michael.
His family members want capital punishment or at least life imprisonment for all the accused involved in the incident. The plea made the Centre and all the states and Union territories as parties.
