Originally posted by: old-black-joe
PATNA: In a happy ending to a bitter spat, Bollywood singer Udit
Narayan on Friday accepted as his wife Ranjana Jha, whom he had earlier
refused to acknowledge as his spouse. Narayan turned up before the Bihar
Women's Commission along with his counsel Majid Memon and accepted
Ranjana as his wife.
Both Narayan and Ranjana signed a document in the presence of their
lawyers and Commission Chairperson Manju Prakash, accepting each other
as 'man and wife'.
Prakash said it was a "working arrangement"
under which Deepa Narayan, Udit's another wife, and son's status will
remain unchanged but Ranjana would also be accorded the status of the
singer's wife. She said this agreement was reached with the consent of
Ranjana.
Asked whether this arrangement was not against the Hindu
Marriage Act which prohibits second marriage without divorcing the first
wife, Prakash said "Narayan's two wives were living under the same
arrangement for the past 20 years.
There could have been no
better solution to the problem at this moment". Ranjana expressed
happiness over the compromise and withdrew her complaint to the
Commission.
She had approached the Commission after Narayan
refused to acknowledge her as wife on April 21 at a posh hotel here. She
had blocked his way seeking restoration of her rightful place as a duly
wedded wife.
I am happy I got my honour back as a legally wedded wife of the singer", Ranjana, a resident of Supual district, said.
According
to Prakash, Udit expressed regrets to Ranjana for all that had happened
in the past two months and promised that in future, he would look after
her in a better way and also pay her maintenance.
<font color="#0000ff">not completely, but atleast he made amends 😃</font>
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