Kochi:
Popular Malayalam actress KavyaMadhavan today filed a joint petition in court with herhusband seeking divorce.
This was following an out of court settlement reachedbetween the two families in this regard.
Kavya, who got married to Nischal Chandran, a softwareengineer based in Kuwait in February last year, decided tocall off her wedding shortly after.
She returned to Kerala and filed a petition in the familycourt seeking divorce and another petition in the ErnakulamFirst Class Magistrate court against her husband and in-lawsunder the Domestic Violence Act for causing mental stress.
The two came to the family court here separately today andattended court proceedings and informed the court that thedivorce was with mutual consent.
Kavya has also decided to withdraw a police case againsther husband for domestic violence.
Earlier, Nischal Chandran had filed a petition in theKerala High court seeking quashing of the criminal caseagainst him and his family members saying they had reached anout of court settlement. The court had dismissed it as noevidence in this regard had been produced.
The prosecution had also given an undertaking not to arresthim for a week.
Kavya, who entered the Malayalam film industry as a childactress, has done varied roles in films like MeeshaMadhavan, Classmates and Ananthabhadran. She had quit theindustry after marriage, but has again started acting in filmsafter her marriage broke up.
This was following an out of court settlement reachedbetween the two families in this regard.
Kavya, who got married to Nischal Chandran, a softwareengineer based in Kuwait in February last year, decided tocall off her wedding shortly after.
She returned to Kerala and filed a petition in the familycourt seeking divorce and another petition in the ErnakulamFirst Class Magistrate court against her husband and in-lawsunder the Domestic Violence Act for causing mental stress.
The two came to the family court here separately today andattended court proceedings and informed the court that thedivorce was with mutual consent.
Kavya has also decided to withdraw a police case againsther husband for domestic violence.
Earlier, Nischal Chandran had filed a petition in theKerala High court seeking quashing of the criminal caseagainst him and his family members saying they had reached anout of court settlement. The court had dismissed it as noevidence in this regard had been produced.
The prosecution had also given an undertaking not to arresthim for a week.
Kavya, who entered the Malayalam film industry as a childactress, has done varied roles in films like MeeshaMadhavan, Classmates and Ananthabhadran. She had quit theindustry after marriage, but has again started acting in filmsafter her marriage broke up.
