Chef Kunal Kapur Granted Divorce Over Cruelty: Wife's Side Of The Story Revealed

Popular celebrity Chef Kunal Kapur has won the divorce case against his wife. The chef was granted divorce on the grounds of cruelty meted out to him by his estranged wife. The court's bench, headed by Suresh Kumar Kait and Neena Bansal Krishna, said that his wife's conduct towards him was devoid of dignity and empathy.

Chef Kunal Kapur Granted Divorce Over Cruelty By His Wife

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A family court had previously denied him divorce. However, he challenged the decision in the High Court, which has now granted him divorce saying that defamatory, humiliating and unsubstantiated allegations in public against a spouse amount to cruelty. "In the light of the afore-noted facts of the present case, we find that conduct of the respondent [wife] towards appellant [Kapur] has been such that it is devoid of dignity and empathy towards him. When such is the nature of one spouse towards the other, it brings disgrace to the very essence of marriage and there exist no possible reason as to why he should be compelled to live while enduring the agony of living together," the Court observed.

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During the hearing, Kunal Kapur claimed that his wife would repeatedly call the police to threaten him and his family. He said that in September 2016, while he was working on MasterChef India sets at Yah Raj Studios, his wife entered the studio with their young son and created ruckus, leading him to obtain a restraining order against her.

He further alleged that as he gained public attention, his wife threatened to spread false rumors to the media and file fake criminal complaints against him and his parents. On one such occasion, she even slapped him just before he was leaving for work. He even claimed that his wife never respected his parents and humiliated him.

His wife however denied his claims stating that she sacrificed her own professional career to support her family and her husband.

Allegations made by Kunal Kapur's wife against him:

Kapur's wife made allegations of infidelity against him. According to her, it allegedly started after he became famous. The court however said, "she failed to depose any specific instance, showing that she was only insinuating".

"Nor did she provide any proof apart from photographs which are based on her presumption of illicit affairs as admitted by her in her cross-examination," the court added.

CELEBRITY CHEF KUNAL KAPUR HAS WON DIVORCE ON GROUNDS OF CRUELTY BY HIS WIFE. HERE IS WHAT THIS MAN WE ALWAYS SEE SMILING WENT THROUGH ?

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On this, the court said that the wife made "such wild allegations without any sound basis, purely with the intention to disrepute" and added, "It is relevant to mention here that within 2 years of marriage, the appellant has established himself as a Celebrity Chef which is a reflection of his hard work and determination which would not have been possible had he been one who was dependent on his spouse or in-laws for his necessities. Considering the aforesaid facts, it is only prudent to observe that these are mere allegations made by the respondent to disrepute the appellant in the eyes of the Court and such unsubstantiated claims have the effect on one¡¯s reputation and therefore, amounts to cruelty".

It, therefore, allowed Kapur¡¯s plea and granted him a divorce.

For the unversed, Kunal Kapur got married in 2008. The couple has a son born in 2012. The couple has been living separately since May 2015

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