Finally she did win...

She won it…Finally there was a judge who had some courage to pronounce the judgment. Mrs Loraine Whyte won her case. Since last 8 years this case was on judgment point. Every time a judge took it up for pronouncement, he got transferred. Finally ignoring the threat Justice Sinha of Jamshedpur court took it upon himself to utter the final verdict. Although he could not avoid his transfer.

But it means glory for Mrs. Whyte and shame for builder Jitendra S Patel and many big names of Jamshedpur and Jharkhand who did everything in their capacity to capture this prime property which values in several crores. I had written about this case in 2007 here - http://dapolitics.blogspot.com/2007/10/living-in-hope-and-dying-in-despair.html

Mrs. Whyte has been fighting to regain her own house for last 25 years. Goons of builder attacked her with bullet and knife several times. She lost almost everything in the process – her job, her youth, her dreams and finally her husband. But she never lost hope…hope in this dying judiciary. It took 25 years of constant and solo fight for her to get judgment. I am sure the builder will take the case to high court and stretch it for another 25 years. But this first win will give her the courage to fight till death. Just wish had things been less painful, win would have been much sweeter.