Annul Marriage or Desert Village: Panchayat to Couple
Rohtak | May 18, 2010
A Dalit khap panchayat has asked a couple, who got married just two
days back, to annul their marriage holding it has violated an age-old
village custom prohibiting wedding in same gotra (clan).
However, Kulwant Maidaland Sushila Badgujjar, who got married on
Sunday at Samain village, 30km from Rohtak, have rejected the
panchayat's as "Talibanesque" and "unethical".
The panchayat says the marriage has violated the custom that prohibits
matrimonial ties between a girl and a boy if one of his his or her
parents or grandmother belongs to Bahamnia gotra (clan) as majority of
residents of Samain village of the Scheduled Caste community belong to
the same gotra.
The panchayat also said if the couple fails to break their marriage
within ten days, the groom's family would have to leave the village or
be evicted.
The marriage between Kulwant and Sushila, a resident of Dadula village
in Panipat district, landed into controversy almost immediately when
some guests at the wedding function objected to the solemnisation
after coming to know that Sushila's mother belonged to Bahamnai gotra.
The villagers had yesterday convened a panchayat and termed the
marriage as against the social custom.
The district police contacted the panchayat's member and directed them
to withdraw their verdict.
The police today also recorded the statement of some villagers in this
regard after taking stock of the situation in the area.
Khap panchayats in Haryana, mostly dominated by Jat community members,
are notorious for issuing diktats asking married couples to live as
brother and sister after holding their marriages as invalid for having
violated gotra norms.
Filed At: May 18, 2010 22:11 IST , Edited
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