Berhampur: The marital dispute between Tapaswni Dash and her husband Dr Sumit Sahu was settled, albeit temporarily, Tuesday – 44 days after Tapaswini’s sit-in protests outside her in-laws’ house here.
The court of District and Sessions Judge, Ganjam, Tuesday pronounced an order in favour of Tapaswini Dash who had been sitting on a dharna demanding entry into her in-laws’ house.
The court ordered that Tapaswini will stay with her husband Dr Sumit Sahu in the latter’s paternal house at Bramhanagar in Berhampur town. The court also directed Dr Sahu to pay a sum of Rs 17,000 per month to his wife for her expenses.
Dash will need to give a receipt of the amount she receives for her monthly expenses, the court said. The court, in its order, asked the couple not to cast aspersions on each other as they would live in the same house from Tuesday.
It may be noted here that Tapaswini and Sumit had moved the court and filed two separate petitions. December 17, Tapaswini had filed a petition at the SDJM court seeking an order to allow her to stay in her husband’s house.
Hearing the petition December 20, the SDJM court had rejected her plea. Challenging the decision of the SDJM court, Tapaswini’s advocate Deepak Pattanayak had filed a petition in the district court, December 23.
Earlier, Sumit’s advocate had also moved the court of the district judge appealing against the orders passed by the SDJM court December 2 and December 9 asking the couple to stay together in a rented house.
A few days ago, Tapaswini was seen in a video clip threatening to end her life if her husband did not accept her as his wife. In the video, Tapaswini was purportedly seen crying and pleading with Sumit to accept her before she decided to take the extreme step.
Tapaswini’s counsel said that Dr Sumit had challenged the order of the SDJM court at the district judge’s court. However, the district judge quashed Dr Sumit’s plea.
PNN