{"id":31549,"date":"2014-01-06T11:23:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T05:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31549"},"modified":"2014-01-06T11:23:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T05:53:50","slug":"man-files-defamation-suit-son-inter-caste-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-files-defamation-suit-son-inter-caste-marriage","title":{"rendered":"Man files defamation suit against son for inter-caste marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A man in Bihar disowned his son and filed a defamation case against him on Saturday for marrying out of caste. Sidhnath Sharma, a Patna lawyer, also asserted that his son Sushant Jasu could no longer use his name and will have to pay Rs.10,000 copyright fees every time he used it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Filing a defamation suit of Rs.1 crore against his son in the court at Danapur here, Sharma said: &#8220;My image and honour was hurt by my son, who solemnized an inter-caste marriage against our wishes, now he must compensate for it&#8230;&#8221; Sushant Jasu, who works for the central government as a senior tax assistant in Gujarat&#8217;s Palampur town, married a girl, a resident of Danapur, Patna who works in a private bank on Nov 19, 2013.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>An angry Sharma said: &#8220;&#8230; I and my wife spent time and money to nurse my son for years but he betrayed us. He fell in love with a girl who came into his life two years ago only.&#8221; He claimed his son&#8217;s act has ended a nearly 400-year-old family tradition of marrying within their own caste.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In Bihar, inter-caste marriages, though encouraged by the government, are still largely considered taboo and those who do it generally face hostility from their families and society. In a bid to encourage such marriages, the state government last year decided to double the incentive for it. Under the scheme, a woman marrying out of caste will now get Rs.50,000 instead of Rs.25,000.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man in Bihar disowned his son and filed a defamation case against him on Saturday for marrying out of caste. Sidhnath Sharma, a Patna lawyer, also asserted that his son Sushant Jasu could no longer use his name and will have to pay Rs.10,000 copyright fees every time he used it. 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