<div>The Supreme Court today sought responses from Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, his wife Twinkle Khanna and mother-in-law Dimple Kapadia on a plea of Anita Advani, alleged live-in partner of yesteryear heart-throb Rajesh Khanna, against dismissal of her domestic violence case against the three actors.<br /><br />"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.<br />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.<br /><br />"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.<br />He claimed that Advani was in "live-in" relationship with Khanna.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />It had further held that all family members of Khanna cannot be roped into the proceedings as she had never lived with them.<br /><br />Advani had claimed that she was evicted from Khanna's suburban bungalow 'Aashirwad' after his death and had sought monthly maintenance and a three-bedroom flat in Bandra.<br /><br />The magistrate had then issued notices to the actors on Advani's complaint.</div>
<div>The Supreme Court today sought responses from Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, his wife Twinkle Khanna and mother-in-law Dimple Kapadia on a plea of Anita Advani, alleged live-in partner of yesteryear heart-throb Rajesh Khanna, against dismissal of her domestic violence case against the three actors.<br /><br />"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.<br />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.<br /><br />"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.<br />He claimed that Advani was in "live-in" relationship with Khanna.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />It had further held that all family members of Khanna cannot be roped into the proceedings as she had never lived with them.<br /><br />Advani had claimed that she was evicted from Khanna's suburban bungalow 'Aashirwad' after his death and had sought monthly maintenance and a three-bedroom flat in Bandra.<br /><br />The magistrate had then issued notices to the actors on Advani's complaint.</div>