Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor on Tuesday visited the Supreme Court in connection with a matrimonial dispute along with her estranged husband, Sanjay Kapur.
Initially, the case was heard in open court before a bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Arun Mishra, but later Justice Sikri told the counsel for parties that the matter will be heard in the chamber. Heavy security was provided to the actress.
During the brief hearing the court was informed that the couple reportedly came to an amicable solution on their financial settlement, but failed to reconcile on the “visitation” rights of Sanjay. The couple’s two children are at present with Karisma and Sanjay is seeking the court’s permission to visit them regularly.
While Sanjay Kapur was represented by senior counsel Aman Hingorani and counsel Priya Hingorani, senior counsel Mahesh Jethmalani appeared for Karisma.
As the differences between the couple could not be resolved fully, Justice Sikri asked the couple to work out a solution and report back to him on April 8 when the matter would be heard again in his chambers instead of the usual open court hearing.
On February 29, the apex court had asked Karisma and her businessman husband to amicably sort out their matrimonial dispute instead of battling it out in court. The bench was, while dealing with an application filed by Sanjay, seeking transfer of the couple’s matrimonial dispute from Mumbai to Delhi on the grounds that he was facing a life threat from gangster Ravi Pujari.
It was the claim of Sanjay that Pujari, after he attended divorce proceedings in a local court in Mumbai, had threatened to eliminate him if he ever dared to enter the city again. Karisma had earlier told the court that Sanjay had violated certain clauses of the mutual consent agreement relating to payment of Rs 14 crore bonds in the name of their two children, which, if complied with, would enable the children to receive a monthly interest of '10 lakh for their education and maintenance. Aman Hingorani, however, assured the apex court that Sanjay was willing to give an undertaking to the top court to pay his children Rs 10 lakh every month. The case will come up for further hearing on April 8.
