Retd Bihar judge disinherits daughter for ‘tarnishing’ his and family reputation

KHAGARIA (BIHAR): The district judge, now retired, who had allegedly confined his daughter for her decision to marry a Delhi-based lawyer against parents wishes, has come out with a statement saying he was disinheriting his only child for being adamant to “tarnish” reputation of him and the family.

Subhash Chandra Chaurasia, who retired as the District and Sessions Judge of Khagaria on June 30, on Tuesday issued the statement wherein he accused his daughter, Yashaswini, of having been adamant upon tarnishing the reputation of myself and my family.

As a father, I have always been concerned about the future of my daughter, who is my only child, Chaurasia said in the statement issued in Hindi and alleged that the girl was being ensnared and blackmailed by Siddharth Bansal a Delhi-based lawyer whom she wanted to marry, against her parents wishes.

I am deeply anguished over the recent course of events and, therefore, decided to disinherit my daughter Yashaswini, the retired judge said in the statement, adding the matter may kindly be published as news in your respective publications.

Notably, the girl and her parents had appeared on June 26 last before the Patna High Court which had ordered their appearance in person taking suo motu cognizance of a report published on a news portal wherein it was alleged that the girl had been kept in illegal confinement.

After the girl, 25-yearsold and a law graduate, told the court that she was not comfortable staying with her parents and wanted to stay separately, a Division Bench headed by Chief Justice Rajendra Menon ordered that she be lodged at the guest house of Chanakya Law University, Patna, which was her alma mater.

The court had, while directing that the girl be provided with adequate security, also said that her parents could visit the corpus in the campus and talk to her, subject to her consent. The matter was posted for further hearing on July 12. PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is out to relax certain provisions of prohibition in the state, a move that’s expected to give teeth to critics who say the ban on liquor has failed.

Sources said after a meeting on Wednesday, Kumar’s cabinet scrapped some of the stringent provisions of prohibition, like sealing of a campus where liquor bottle have been found.

Sources also said a house or vehicle won’t be seized if liquor or a drunk person is found on the premises.

Cabinet Secretary Arun Kumar Singh said, “The Bihar government will present an amendment law on the liquor prohibition act in the upcoming monsoon session of the state assembly”.

Last month, Mr Kumar had hinted about the amendments, saying a committee has been set up to look into complaints of misuse of the prohibition law.

The chief minister, however, said there would be “no compromise” on the prohibition policy.

“The ban on sale and consumption of alcohol has brought innumerable benefits. People’s quality of life has improved. I feel disgust when people suggest that we should not have introduced prohibition since liquor brings lots of revenue,” PTI quoted him as saying.

The girl was being ensnared and blackmailed by Siddharth Bansal a Delhi-based lawyer whom she wanted to marry, against her parents wishes