The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed the District Magistrate of the Uttar Pradesh capital city to provide protection to an elderly couple who are allegedly being harassed by their daughters for property.

The court also sought the state government's reply on the measures taken for the establishment of the tribunal and appellate tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, and the rules framed under it for welfare and protection of senior citizens in Uttar Pradesh.