Senior Citizen Gets Jail

Get ready to spend three months in jail and pay a fine of Rs 5000 if you live in Bihar and are found guilty of neglecting your parents. The state government has decided to implement a new law to protect the rights of senior citizens. The Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act also looks out for the needs of those who don't have children. In ...

Anjanabai Pendhare, a resident of a small village near Malegoan, will have to spend the next 10 years behind bars. For the past 13 years, she remained out of prison, even though she was accused of setting ablaze her 'savat' (husband's second wife) Jeejabai after a petty quarrel. But her luck ran out after the Bombay high court last month par...

Get ready to spend three months in jail and pay a fine of Rs 5000 if you live in Bihar and are found guilty of neglecting your parents. The state government has decided to implement a new law to protect the rights of senior citizens. The Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act also looks out for the needs of those who don't have children. In ...

Anjanabai Pendhare, a resident of a small village near Malegoan, will have to spend the next 10 years behind bars. For the past 13 years, she remained out of prison, even though she was accused of setting ablaze her 'savat' (husband's second wife) Jeejabai after a petty quarrel. But her luck ran out after the Bombay high court last month par...