# SC rejects Anita Advani’s plea to recognise Rajesh Khanna relationship as marriage 2026-10-29T08:40:47+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets The Supreme Court on Thursday, 29 October 2026 dismissed former actor Anita Advani's plea seeking recognition of her alleged relationship with the late Rajesh Khanna as a marriage, terming the case 'luxury litigation'. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Prasanna B Varale declined to interfere with a Bombay High Court order of 1 April that had upheld a 2017 sessions court decision rejecting Advani's civil suit. Advani's counsel argued the plea was about securing dignity. Advani had claimed she was in a live-in relationship with Khanna until 2012, when she was evicted from his bungalow Aashirwad by his estranged wife Dimple Kapadia, daughter Twinkle Khanna and son-in-law Akshay Kumar. In 2015, the High Court quashed her domestic violence complaint, holding the relationship was not akin to marriage and that Khanna's family could not be implicated. All legal proceedings have now ended in rejection of Advani's claims. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three outlets, Hindustan Times, New Indian Express and Economic Times, relay nearly identical wire-copy accounts of the Supreme Court dismissal, each leading with the bench's 'luxury litigation' remark and the same sequence of earlier rulings. The sole structural difference is the order of detail: Hindustan Times places Advani's dignity argument early, while New Indian Express and Economic Times put it later. No outlet adds original reporting, interviews or commentary, the coverage is uniform straight reporting from agency copy. Every source names the same next judicial step: none. The finality of the dismissal means the litigation is now ended. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Follows wire copy structure, no original framing - newindianexpress.com (neutral report) Follows wire copy structure, no original framing - economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Follows wire copy structure, no original framing This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Update, 29 October 2026: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-10-29T09:57:11+00:00. Tags: Anita Advani, Bombay High Court, Rajesh Khanna, Supreme Court of India Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-rejects-anita-advanis-plea-on-rajesh-khanna-relationship/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-rejects-anita-advanis-plea-on-rajesh-khanna-relationship/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/