Lakhisarai. Vandana has approached the Supreme Court after being disappointed with the High Court in the Pakdaua marriage case. Vandana has challenged in the Supreme Court the decision declaring the marriage illegal that took place about 10 years ago. Vandana, who reached the Supreme Court to get her marriage declared valid, hopes that she will get justice from here. In Bihar, forced marriage is a practice which still persists in some districts. Well, once upon a time many such marriages used to take place in Lakhisarai and Begusarai of Bihar. In Pakdaua marriage, the marriage rituals are completed by immediately applying vermilion on the girl’s forehead. One such marriage took place between Vandana and Ravikant, in which the Patna High Court has given a strict verdict declaring it illegal.
Girl’s side telling love marriage
According to the information, there was a forced marriage between Lakhisarai girl Vandana and Nawada district boy Ravikant. After the defeat in this case from Patna High Court, Vandana Kumari, daughter of Vipin Singh, resident of Rajuna Chowki, Lakhisarai, has now approached the Supreme Court. She is considering her forced marriage with army jawan Ravikant, son of Chandramouleshwar Singh, resident of Rewara, Nawada, as valid. Vandana has been fighting the court battle for 10 years. Vandana is elder than her two brothers. The marriage of inter pass Vandana and army jawan Ravikant took place on June 30, 2013 at Ashokdham temple.
Ravikant is the brother-in-law of Vandana’s cousin sister.
Ravikant is the brother-in-law of Vandana’s maternal sister. Regarding marriage, Vandana claims that before marriage in 2013, Ravikant and Vandana fell in love. Meanwhile, Ravikant got a job in the army. After this, Ravikant’s family did not give consent for the marriage. Then Vandana got married with Ravikant’s tacit consent. However, only after marriage, Ravikant’s family started opposing this relationship. The boy’s family refused to accept the relationship, calling it a forced marriage, since the marriage ceremony was conducted after kidnapping. The girl’s side is calling it a love marriage.
Ravikant knocked in Nawada and Vandana in Lakhisarai Family Court
After marriage, Ravikant filed a case in Nawada Family Court refusing to accept the marriage. Here, Vandana also filed a dowry harassment case against her in-laws in Lakhisarai Family Court. Nawada Family Court rejected Ravikant’s petition. After this Ravikant approached the Patna High Court. Giving relief to Ravikant, the court has given its decision to cancel his forced marriage. On the other hand, Lakhisarai Family Court had given its verdict in favor of Vandana in 2020.
Ravikant got married for the second time in 2017
Ravikant got married for the second time in 2017 in Makanpur of Bhagalpur district. As soon as Vandana got information about this, she again filed a case against her in-laws in Lakhisarai court in 2017. After this, the relationship between Vandana and Ravikant’s family started deteriorating further. 2020 After the decision of the Family Court, Lakhisarai, Ravikant and Vandana started visiting their parents’ and in-laws’ houses. According to Vandana, Ravikant had also come to her brother Brajesh’s wedding on April 26, 21 and as her husband, he performed all the rituals at the wedding with Vandana. In May 21, Ravikant had taken Vandana to his village Revara during his vacation.