Bombay High Court dismisses Anita Advani’s plea seeking recognition of ‘marriage’ with Rajesh Khanna

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Justice Sharmila Deshmukh of the Bombay High Court connected Wednesday (April 1, 2026) dismissed the archetypal entreaty filed by histrion Anita Advani. The entreaty challenged a 2017 bid of a civilian tribunal successful Dindoshi, Mumbai, which had rejected her suit connected method grounds.

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Ms. Advani stated that she and Rajesh Khanna, who died successful 2012, were successful a live-in narration for 10 years. She claimed that Khanna had ‘married’ her by applying sindoor connected her head. The assertion has been denied by Dimple Kapadia, who was joined to Khanna, their girl Twinkle Khanna, and son-in-law Akshay Kumar. The household has opposed Ms. Advani’s assertions of being ‘married’ to Khanna oregon being his live-in partner.

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Ms. Advani besides said she was evicted from Khanna’s bungalow ‘Aashirwad’ aft his death. She had filed a transgression lawsuit nether the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 against Ms. Kapadia, Twinkle Khanna, and Akshay Kumar. A antithetic Bench of the High Court successful 2015 quashed those proceedings, stating that Ms. Advani’s narration with Khanna did not magnitude to a narration successful the quality of matrimony nether the Domestic Violence Act.

Published - April 02, 2026 01:14 p.m. IST

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