Now Reading: Supreme Court rejects Anita Advani’s plea on Rajesh Khanna relationship
-
01
Supreme Court rejects Anita Advani’s plea on Rajesh Khanna relationship
Supreme Court rejects Anita Advani’s plea on Rajesh Khanna relationship
The Story in Brief
The Supreme Court on Thursday, 29 October 2026 dismissed former actor Anita Advani's plea challenging a Bombay High Court order that had rejected her request to recognise her relationship with the late Rajesh Khanna as a marriage. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Prasanna B Varale termed the case 'luxury litigation' and found no grounds to entertain the petition.
Advani had argued the plea was about seeking dignity. The High Court had on 1 April 2026 upheld a 2017 sessions court decision rejecting Advani's civil suit. Advani claimed she was in a live-in relationship with Khanna until her 2012 eviction from his bungalow Aashirwad by his estranged wife Dimple Kapadia and family. In 2015, the High Court had quashed her domestic violence complaint, ruling the relationship was not akin to marriage and that Khanna's family could not be implicated.
The legal proceedings at the sessions court, High Court and Supreme Court have now all ended in rejection of Advani's claims.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Both sources report the Supreme Court dismissing Anita Advani's plea. The Hindustan Times carries a feed story with no visible editorial intervention, leading with the 'luxury litigation' remark from the bench. The New Indian Express copy, also sourced from an agency, is almost identical in wording and framing. There is no appreciable difference in stance or selection: neither outlet adds commentary or context beyond the court's own language. The coverage is uniform straight reporting of a routine dismissal. The key point left open in the sources is that Advani's civil suit, which she had said was about seeking dignity, stands rejected at every level of the judiciary from the sessions court upward.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com (neutral report), newindianexpress.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
