Bombay High Court Rejects Anita Advani’s Plea to Recognise Relationship with Rajesh Khanna as Marriage

The Bombay High Court has rejected actor Anita Advani’s plea seeking legal recognition of her relationship with late actor Rajesh Khanna as a marriage.

The Court dismissed her appeal against a 2017 civil court order, holding that her claim of a relationship “in the nature of marriage” could not be accepted. Advani had argued that she lived with Khanna for years and shared a marital-like relationship. 

However, the Court declined to grant her any legal status, especially since Khanna was never divorced from his wife Dimple Kapadia.

The case is part of a long-standing legal dispute over her claims following Khanna’s death.

[Smt. Anita Advani v. Smt. Dimple Jatin Khanna & Ors.]