The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act
10Alteration in allowance
(1) On proof of misrepresentation or mistake of fact or a change in the circumstances of any person, receiving a monthly allowance under section 9, for the maintenance ordered under that section to pay a monthly allowance for the maintenance, the Tribunal may make such alteration, as it thinks fit, in the allowance for the maintenance.
(2) Where it appears to the Tribunal that, in consequence of any decision of a competent Civil Court, any order made under section 9 should be cancelled or varied, it shall cancel the order or, as the case may be, vary the same accordingly.
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MAINTENANCE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS
- 4 Maintenance of parents and senior citizens
- 5 Application for maintenance
- 6 Jurisdiction and procedure
- 7 Constitution of Maintenance Tribunal
- 8 Summary procedure in case of inquiry
- 9 Order for maintenance
- 10 Alteration in allowance
- 11 Enforcement of order of maintenance
- 12 Option regarding maintenance in certain cases
- 13 Deposit of maintenance amount
- 14 Award of interest where any claim is allowed
- 15 Constitution of Appellate Tribunal
- 16 Appeals
- 17 Right to legal representation
- 18 Maintenance Officer