The Kerala High Court recently ruled that a grandmother cannot file a case against her granddaughter and son’s widow demanding maintenance and a share of the widow’s family pension, especially when her granddaughter is a college student and she (grandmother) has already got Rs 12 lakh from her late son’s employer, in addition to receiving a pension from her own employer.
Let’s know the case in detail. Smt Thankamma (83) is a former employee of the Kerala Government Fisheries Department. She gets pension after her retirement. Her husband was a senior officer in the Fisheries Department, and he, too, gets a pension. Now, she lives in her home in Kadavanthra, Kochi.
