In a relief to late actor Rajesh Khanna's wife Dimple Kapadia, daughter Twinkle Khanna and son-in-law Akshay Kumar, the Bombay High Court quashed a complaint of domestic violence lodged against them by his alleged live-in partner Anita Advani.
Advani had filed a complaint before a magistrate under the Domestic Violence Act against Dimple, Twinkle, Akshay and Rinkie.
The High Court however earlier this year had discharged Rinkie from the case after observing that she was married and lived in Kolkata and hence offence under Domestic Violence Act cannot be made out against her.
Quashing the proceedings, Justice Tahaliyani observed that Advani's relation with Khanna was not of the nature of marriage and hence, she cannot seek relief under the provisions of Domestic Violence Act.The Bombay High Court on Wednesday had reserved its order on the petitions filed by Dimple, Twinkle and Akshay seeking to quash proceedings initiated against them by the late actor's alleged live-in partner Advani, who had had claimed that she was evicted from Khanna’s suburban bungalow Aashirwad after his death and had sought monthly maintenance and a three-bed room flat in Bandra
Senior counsels Shirish Gupte and Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for the family, had argued that Advani cannot claim relief under the DV Act and maintenance as Kapadia and her family were not living with Rajesh Khanna or Advani.
Gupte argued that a woman in a live-in relationship with a married man cannot claim relief under the DV Act. He had said that Khanna and Advani's relation can be at the most described as "adulterous".
Jethmalani argued that Advani cannot come to court on sympathy. "Her (Advani) case at the most can be of wrongful dispossession but not under domestic violence. Assuming that she is right, she can file a civil suit and challenge the will," he said.
Things seem quite bleak for Advani now.
When contacted, she told SpotboyE.com, "I am not I the right state of mind. Please give me some time before I talk."
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