Summary:
She protested but her plea was not accepted and a case of 'non-payment of court fee' continued against her for the next 41 years. During the course of the trial, the judge had asked Ganga to pay a court fee of Rs 312, which she did. "One must remember that Rs 312 four decades ago wasn't such a small amount. The case hung in court for 41 years as Ganga wouldn't budge. Then 37, she challenged the action before the civil judge and won the case two years later in 1977.Fate though had another, harder battle in store for her..