Comprehension: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions.…
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Comprehension:
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions.
Forced by circumstances and in search of success and status, educated young men and women settle far away from their parents. Some go abroad. The very education that the parents manage to give to their children turns against them in the end. Their children go away in search of green pastures leaving them alone. International community as well as our government is aware of their problems. The UNO proclaimed the year 1999 as ‘International Year for the Aged’. In our own country too the year 2000 was proclaimed ‘The Year for the Aged’.
Article 41 of our constitution clearly makes it incumbent on the state to look after the aged. There is a social welfare ministry responsible for the welfare of the aged. Laws are made from time-to-time to protect the rights of senior citizens. For example under law parents cannot be evicted from a house without due process of law under section 105 of the Criminal Procedure Code. A magistrate can order a person to maintain his/her old parents under the Maintenance of Parents Act. The Hindu Adoption and Maintenance act says that the aged parents can demand for maintenance from their children. The Domestic Violence Act also provides parents with the rights to seek relief from any kind of abuse.
Which of the following Act/Section does give parents rights to seek relief from any kind of abuse?
- A.
Hindu Adoption and maintenance Act
- B.
Section 105 of CPC
- C.
The Domestic Violence Act
- D.
Section 98 of CPC
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Correct answer: C
Answer: The Domestic Violence Act
Explanation: The passage explicitly states that the Domestic Violence Act provides parents with the rights to seek relief from any kind of abuse. This makes the Domestic Violence Act the correct source of statutory remedies for abuse.
Why the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act is not the best answer: It governs adoption and allows parents to demand maintenance from children, but it does not specifically set out abuse-relief measures.
Why Section 105 of the Criminal Procedure Code is not the best answer: The passage describes this section as protecting parents from eviction without due process of law; it addresses eviction, not abuse-relief.
Why Section 98 of the Criminal Procedure Code is not the best answer: The passage does not link this section to parental rights to seek relief from abuse; it is not mentioned as providing abuse-related remedies.
Key point: The passage explicitly names the Domestic Violence Act as the law that provides parents rights to seek relief from any kind of abuse, so that law is the correct choice.