Apex Court notice to Dimple, Akshay on plea of Rajesh Khanna’s partner
9 Aug 2015 4:43 AM IST
"Issue notice," a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy said after hearing brief arguments advanced by Advani's counsel.
Senior lawyers C A Sundaram and Jatin Zaveri, appearing for Advani, criticized the Bombay High Court order dismissing her complaint lodged against the three actors under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act.
"She was not married to late Rajesh Khanna, but she was in a relationship which was of the nature of marriage," he said, adding that her complaint was wrongly dismissed.
He claimed that Advani was in "live-in" relationship with Khanna.
The Bombay High Court had in April allowed the petitions of filed by Dimple, Twinkle and Akshay seeking quashing of proceedings initiated against them by a lower court based on a complaint lodged by Anita.
The High Court had observed that her relation with Khanna was not of the nature of marriage and hence, she cannot seek relief under the provisions of Domestic Violence Act.
It had further held that all family members of Khanna cannot be roped into the proceedings as she had never lived with them.
Provide facilities at Ram Janma Bhoomi; SC to Centre, UP
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to consider providing better amenities feasible in the present scenario to pilgrims at 'Ram Janma Bhoomi' site near the disputed structure at Ayodhya. "Let us do something. If possible, do something for the upkeep of the place and provide <g data-gr-id="38"><g data-gr-id="45">facilites</g></g> for visitors," a bench of Justices A R Dave and Kurian Joseph said. Earlier also, the court had asked the Centre to file its response to the application filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking <g data-gr-id="39"><g data-gr-id="46">facillities</g></g> for the pilgrims.
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