Domestic violence case: Rhea Pillai opposes Leander’s plea for condonation of delay in submitting attraction
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MUMBAI: Tennis participant Leander Paes’s former companion Rhea Pillai on Thursday opposed his plea for “condonation of delay” in submitting an attraction towards a Justice of the Peace’s courtroom’s order in a home violence case filed by her.
In February this yr, the Bandra metropolitan Justice of the Peace’s courtroom held that Paes, an Olympics bronze medal winner, had dedicated numerous acts of home violence towards Pillai.
It additionally directed him to pay her month-to-month upkeep quantity of Rs 1 lakh to Pillai, the mom of his daughter, together with month-to-month hire of Rs 50,000 on the situation that she left his flat on Carter Road.
The former tennis participant moved the periods courtroom right here in November searching for quashing of the Justice of the Peace’s order.
He additionally prayed for condonation of delay in submitting attraction because the Justice of the Peace’s courtroom had handed the order on February 11, 2022.
In her reply filed by way of advocate Sana Usman, Pillai stated the condonation of delay plea was “devoid of any substantial and genuine grounds”.
The statutory interval for submitting attraction is 30 days beneath part 29 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, the reply stated.
Paes had been travelling together with his present girlfriend Kim Sharma to numerous vacation locations and social occasions throughout the seven months when he failed to maneuver the courtroom, it alleged.
It additionally claimed that Paes’s declare that he was busy caring for his father was false.
“The applicant has submitted medical records of his father of the year 2020 wherein Leander Paes was attending trial court proceedings on a regular basis and is using his father’s previous medical records to support a false claim to justify the delay,” Pillai’s reply stated.
The periods courtroom will hear the matter additional on January 12, 2023.
MUMBAI: Tennis participant Leander Paes’s former companion Rhea Pillai on Thursday opposed his plea for “condonation of delay” in submitting an attraction towards a Justice of the Peace’s courtroom’s order in a home violence case filed by her.
In February this yr, the Bandra metropolitan Justice of the Peace’s courtroom held that Paes, an Olympics bronze medal winner, had dedicated numerous acts of home violence towards Pillai.
It additionally directed him to pay her month-to-month upkeep quantity of Rs 1 lakh to Pillai, the mom of his daughter, together with month-to-month hire of Rs 50,000 on the situation that she left his flat on Carter Road.
The former tennis participant moved the periods courtroom right here in November searching for quashing of the Justice of the Peace’s order.
He additionally prayed for condonation of delay in submitting attraction because the Justice of the Peace’s courtroom had handed the order on February 11, 2022.
In her reply filed by way of advocate Sana Usman, Pillai stated the condonation of delay plea was “devoid of any substantial and genuine grounds”.
The statutory interval for submitting attraction is 30 days beneath part 29 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, the reply stated.
Paes had been travelling together with his present girlfriend Kim Sharma to numerous vacation locations and social occasions throughout the seven months when he failed to maneuver the courtroom, it alleged.
It additionally claimed that Paes’s declare that he was busy caring for his father was false.
“The applicant has submitted medical records of his father of the year 2020 wherein Leander Paes was attending trial court proceedings on a regular basis and is using his father’s previous medical records to support a false claim to justify the delay,” Pillai’s reply stated.
The periods courtroom will hear the matter additional on January 12, 2023.
