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Bombay HC rejects Khanna-Advani marriage claim
1 Apr
Summary
- Bombay High Court dismissed Anita Advani's appeal for marital recognition.
- The court upheld a prior civil court's rejection of her suit.
- This ruling is part of a prolonged legal battle post-Rajesh Khanna's death.
The Bombay High Court has definitively rejected Anita Advani's appeal to legally recognize her relationship with the late superstar Rajesh Khanna as a marriage. Justice Sharmila Deshmukh dismissed the appeal on Wednesday, affirming an earlier decision by a Dindoshi civil court that had rejected her suit in 2017 due to technical reasons.
The High Court's decision was made after hearing arguments from Advani's counsel and lawyers representing Dimple Kapadia, Akshay Kumar, and Twinkle Khanna. This latest ruling marks another development in the protracted legal conflict between Advani and Kapadia's family, which began after Khanna's passing in 2012. Advani had asserted that her relationship with Khanna was akin to a marriage and sought official status for it.
This case is also connected to previous litigation concerning Advani's eviction from Khanna's bungalow, Aashirwad, after his death. Previously, a criminal complaint filed by Advani alleging domestic violence against Kapadia and her children was quashed by the Bombay High Court in 2015. At that time, the court concluded that Advani's relationship with Rajesh Khanna did not meet the criteria for a "marriage" under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. A detailed judgment is anticipated.
