HC rejects petition of Adnan`s wife; asks to move family court

Mumbai, Feb 17 (PTI) The Bombay High Court Tuesday
rejected the petition filed by Pakistani singer Adnan Sami's
wife, who had sought direction from the court restraining him
from entering her house.

"The High Court has returned the petition and it will now
have to be filed in the family court," Sami's lawyer Vibhav
Krishna said.

Saba had approached the High Court, seeking a directive
to keep Adnan away from her five flats in suburban Andheri,
which he "gifted" her when they got married.

Since the marriage is on the rocks -- according to Saba's
petition -- she does not want Adnan to live with her.

Justice A V Nirgude had earlier asked Saba's lawyer why
she did not move the family court as dispute between husband
and wife are generally heard by family court.

Senior advocate S U Kamdar, representing Saba, said that
family court had refused to entertain her petition, since both
of them are not Indian citizens.

While Saba is a citizen of United Arab Emirates, Adnan is
a Pakistani national.

Adnan and Saba got married in April 2007 in Mumbai in
Muslim tradition.

Saba has also filed a divorce petition in the High Court.
PTI