Chennai, March 7 TVK chief Vijay's wife, Sankgeetha, who has already filed a petition seeking divorce, has filed a new affidavit in a court seeking an interim order to allow her to continue residing in her marital home here until the main original petition is disposed of or until the actor-politician provides an alternative accommodation.
In her affidavit, Sankgeetha stated that she had filed a main original petition under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, against respondent-Vijay, seeking dissolution of the marriage solemnized on 25.08.1999, at Chennai. She had also already sought fair and reasonable permanent alimony from Vijay.
Before filing the main petition, she said that she had made sincere efforts to secure a dignified and amicable dissolution of the marriage by mutual consent. However, such efforts never materialized, and an amicable resolution could not be achieved.
Under such circumstances, she stated: "On the contrary, the respondent, through his advocate, made it clear that the petitioner would not be permitted to reside in the marital home if she chose to approach the court seeking legal separation."
However, she stated that she does not have any other residential accommodation commensurate with the status of the family and also disclosed that she is a British national.
She emphasized that she has been constrained to seek divorce in view of the reasons she had already explained in her main original plea. In that petition, she had declared that her marriage with Vijay has "broken down irretrievably." It was because of her husband's extramarital relationship with an actress. She had also alleged that Vijay subjected her to "persistent mental cruelty, neglect and desertion". If required, she had said that she would implead the actress as the second respondent.
Considering all such factors, she requested the court to pass an interim order granting her the "right of residence," permitting her to continue to reside in her present marital home, until the disposal of the main original petition or until respondent Vijay provides an equivalent alternative accommodation befitting his status.
She should be allowed all rights, amenities, and facilities available to her in her marital home, pending disposal of the main original petition, and thus she must be rendered justice.
Sankgeetha has filed her petition seeking divorce at a jurisdictional family court in Chengalpattu District near here.
The petition is likely to come up for hearing next month.
