New Delhi: A woman lawyer has moved the Delhi High Court seeking to get her estranged husband declared as a "vexatious litigant", saying he had filed several "false" and "frivolous" criminal complaints against her and her family, accusing them of offences ranging from money laundering to flesh trade and even terrorist activities, because she had sought a divorce from him.
The woman's plea came up on Tuesday before Justice Vibhu Bakhru, who appointed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) to assist the court on what kind of orders could be issued in the matter.
The court appointed advocate Sanjoy Ghose as amicus as it was of the view that it might not be possible to grant the relief sought by the woman in a writ petition.
It also issued a notice to the Centre and the estranged husband seeking their stand on the woman's plea filed through advocate Asad Alvi.
The court noted that the husband had filed around 22 complaints against his wife and her family with various agencies, including the police, CBI and RAW, accusing them of being involved in offences like hoarding of black money, flesh trade, money laundering, tax evasion and terrorist activities.
Alvi told the court that the complaints were filed by the husband as a blow-back to the petition filed by his client seeking divorce on grounds of cruelty and domestic violence.