Bombay High Court directs actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, his ex-wife, kids and brother to appear before it

Responding to Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's habeas corpus appeal, a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sharmila Deshmukh ordered the actor and his family members to appear before it on April 3 in the judge's chamber for an in-camera hearing.

Hyderabad: The Bombay High Court directed Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his family members to appear before the High Court on April 3. The court directed Nawaz along with his wife Aaliya Siddiqui, two minor children and brother Shamasuddin Siddiqui to appear before the court and present their case. The HC asked the actor and his ex-wife to appear before it to explore the possibility of settling their issues amicably for the sake of the children.

This comes after Nawazuddin Siddiqui filed a defamation suit for Rs 100 crore in the Bombay High Court. The claim was against his estranged wife Anjana Pandey alias Aaliya and his brother Shamasuddin Siddiqui. The actor claimed that his wife had brought the children from Dubai to India without notifying him and that this was harming their education because they were not attending school.

A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sharmila Deshmukh was hearing the actor's habeas corpus (produce the person) case, in which he requested that his ex-wife reveal the location of his 12-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son. The Bombay High Court will now hear the matter on April 3. In today's hearing, all members of Nawazuddin's family were directed to appear before the bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere on April 3 in the judge's chamber for an in-camera hearing.

Adnan Shaikh, the solicitor for Nawazuddin Siddiqui, informed the bench that a proposed consent term had been sent as the high court had earlier ordered. Advocate Chaitanya Purankar, appearing for Zainab, however argued she too wants to settle the matter.