Bombay HC Asks Randhir Kapoor, Rima Jain To Submit Rajiv Kapoor's Divorce Decree

The Bombay High Court sought an undertaking from actor Randhir Kapoor and his sister Rima Jain. The court asked that they make “reasonable efforts” to locate and submit the divorce decree of their late brother Rajiv Kapoor, who passed on February 9, 2021.

Justice Gautam Patel was hearing a testamentary petition filed by Randhir Kapoor and Rima Jain for the letters of administration to the property and credits to Rajiv Kapoor. The petition said that Rajiv got married to Aarti Sabharwal in 2001 and they got divorced in 2003.

Randhir Kapoor and Rima Jain’s counsel Sharan Jagtiani told the judge that the court’s registry department asked them to submit a certified copy of the divorce decree. Jagtiani said that Randhir and Jain did not know which family court passed the divorce decree. He said that they were the only heirs to the deceased’s estates and sought dispensation to submit the divorce decree. In his order, Justice Patel said he would dispense the requisition from the registry but only if the petitioners give a sworn undertaking that they would attempt to locate the divorce decree. If the divorce decree was found, then it should be tendered to the registry.

The high court said that “This does not mean the hearing of the testamentary petition, which is uncontested and lists only the petitions as next of kin, should be stopped or the grant withheld only for this reason”.

The late Rajiv Kapoor was an actor, producer, and director. He made his debut in acting for the 1983 film Ek Jaan Hain Hum. Some of his most notable roles were in films like Aasmaan, Lover Boy, Zabardast, and Hum To Chale Pardes. He made his debut as a producer in 1991 for the film Henna and made his directorial debut in 1996 for the film Prem Granth. Rajiv Kapoor got married to Aarti Sabharwal in 2001 and they divorced in 2003.