Can senior citizens get priority hearing in court cases?

Yes, several courts and specific laws provide for expedited or priority treatment of cases involving senior citizens, recognising that prolonged litigation can be particularly burdensome and, given natural time constraints, potentially prejudicial to elderly litigants.

You (or your parent's lawyer) can specifically request the court to grant priority hearing given their senior citizen status, and many courts do accommodate such requests where genuinely warranted, sometimes through a formal application specifically citing their age and requesting expedited disposal.

Separately, if the matter relates specifically to maintenance from children, senior citizen welfare law provides its own dedicated, simplified, and typically much faster tribunal process specifically designed for such claims, rather than requiring a full, potentially lengthy civil suit. It would be worth discussing with your parent's lawyer whether an application for priority hearing, or pursuing the matter through the dedicated senior citizen tribunal route (if applicable to the nature of the case), would be more appropriate.