mumbai bombay high court has upheld an order of the maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens tribunal that directed a man and his wife to hand over possession of a nearly 3000squarefoot bungalow at juhu scheme vile parle west to his parents the couple has been granted 6 weeks to give it to the mans widowed mother 82justices s s shinde and revati mohitedere though quashed and set aside the tribunals august 16 2019 order to the extent it held the daughterinlaw liable to pay maintenance saying it cannot be legally sustained they agreed with her advocate yasmin tavaria that under maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens act 2007 the definition of children includes son daughter granddaughter and grandson but not daughterin law in their april 6 verdict they said the direction to the son is legally sustainablethe tribunal directed the son and his wife to pay rs 25000 per month to his parents for maintenance subsistence and medical expenses and hand over peaceful possession of the entire residential premises to them the sons wife moved the hc and in september 2019 got interim relief from handing over possessionthe parents had told the tribunal they were harassed though they owned the house the father worked for a renowned diamond and jewellery store at opera house and retired in 2016 the mother is a homemaker the son works for a diamond manufacturer his wife is a fashion designer the father passed away a few days before the tribunals ordertavaria argued that the son colluded with his parents to remove his wife from the matrimonial home a hindu undivided family property and the family court had directed him not to prevent her entry the mothers advocate vivek kantawala said the family court order was in domestic violence dv proceedings between the couple and it does not bind her he said the mother has also sought the sons evictionthe sons advocate p r yadav said the couple married in 1994 and in may 2018 the wife filed a police complaint and a dv case he said the son is ready to vacate with his wife to bring some peace to his family and safeguard the life of his aged mother even after the tribunals order the wife harassed his mother and damaged the home said yadavthe judges said the tribunal has correctly reached a conclusion that there is continuous mental as well as physical harassment to the parents they noted the tribunal had observed the father was 79 and mother 77 when they approached it and were not in a position to work the sons wife claimed his mother trades in shares and father has a diamond and jewellery business but she did not submit proof hc perused complaints filed by the mother and sons wife and said we find there is no peace and harmony in the house