Discussion
The right of the elderly poor to be supported by children with sufficient means can be enforced under ................... of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).
Answer: B
The right can be enforced under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 lets a magistrate order a person with sufficient means to pay monthly maintenance to a wife, children, or a father or mother unable to maintain themselves. Elderly poor parents can therefore claim support from their children through a quick summary proceeding. (The provision now continues in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.)
Section 128 deals with enforcing a maintenance order once it has been made under Section 125, not with the right itself, and Sections 75 and 77 concern warrants of arrest.
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