The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by actor Anita Advani seeking legal recognition of her relationship with late superstar Rajesh Khanna as a marriage. Justice Sharmila Deshmukh rejected Advani’s appeal challenging an earlier order passed by a Dindoshi civil court that had dismissed her suit on technical grounds in 2017. The matter is also linked to earlier litigation arising from Advani’s claim that she was evicted from Khanna’s bungalow Aashirwad after his passing.
In a separate legal development connected to the dispute, Advani had filed a criminal complaint alleging domestic violence against Kapadia along with Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna before a Magistrate court in Bandra. However, in 2015, a coordinate bench of the Bombay High Court quashed the proceedings against them.
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At the time, the court held that Advani’s relationship with Rajesh Khanna did not qualify as one “in the nature of marriage” under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
