Under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, an application for…

Section 5(1)(a) lets the application be made by "a senior citizen or a parent, as the case may be"; clause (b) allows an authorised person or organisation if he is incapable, and clause (c) lets the Tribunal act suo motu. The Maintenance Officer under s.18 may represent a parent but does not file in his own right.