Tarn Taran, July 20
A 28-year-old woman, Dimple, who had filed a suit seeking compensation from her biological parents for allegedly having abandoned her near a garbage bin when she was just 12 days old, today succeeded in forcing her biological father to appear in a court here.
Dimple had filed a case following interference in her life by her biological parents — Sukhdev Singh Giani and Harbans Kaur. The court had sent summons to Dimple’s biological parents.
Dimple was brought up by a Christian lady doctor S.M. Karanjia. Dr Karanjia was serving as Medical Superintendent at St Mary’s Hospital, when Dimple was recovered in May 1977 from near a garbage bin by hospital staff here. Dimple’s parents had allegedly abandoned her after her mother gave birth to twins daughters 28 years ago.
Originally belonging to Bandala village Dimple’s biological parents had come back from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district, where they had settled down, to claim their daughter. Dimple, however, refused to live with them. “They have no right to interfere in my life especially after what they did to me. They had left me to die,” she said.
Her biological parents had allegedly started interfering in
her life, especially after Dr Karanjia decided to marry her a Christian boy.
The court of Mr Gurnam Singh, Additional Civil Judge, fixed the next date of hearing for August 24.
Interestingly, when Dimple was 13 years old and
studying in Class VII, her biological mother, Harbans Kaur, came to the residence of Dr Karanjia and revealed that she was Dimple’s biological mother. After this Harbans Kaur and other members of her family reportedly started visiting the house of Dr Karanjia. As per the petition, Harbans Kaur had disclosed that she had given birth to twin daughters and
had
abandoned one of them. The name of her second daughter is Harpreet Kaur. In 2003 the biological parents of Dimple came to know that her (Dimple’s) marriage was being arranged with a Christian boy and they reportedly asked her to marry with a Jat Sikh boy. However, Dimple did not agree to this. Harbans Kaur had also taken Dimple to Gorakhpur in Dr Karanjia absence. The matter was later reported to the police by Dr Karanjia but after a period of 25 days Dimple’s parents left her at Dr Karanjia house. Dr Karanjia had warned Dimple’s parents not to visit her residence in her absence but they did not pay heed to this and kept on visiting her.
Dr Karanjia had also served a legal notice on the biological parents of Dimple. But, they did not reply.
In her suit, Dimple has demanded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for her education, medical facilities, treatment and care. She has also demanded Rs 5 lakh more as marriage expenses.
