16 December,2010 07:08 AM IST | | Ketan Ranga
While couple is on verge of separation, lawsuit filed against them in 2007 for hurting religious sentiments still remains
Amid reports of actress Elizabeth Hurley and businessman Arun Nayar's separation, there is a court case pending against the two in Jodhpur.
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The case was filed against them at the Jodhpur Metropolitan Magistrate court on March 13, 2007, soon after their royal wedding in Jodhpur in 2007.
Arun Nayar sitting on a horse in a drunken stupor. Elizabeth Hurley and Nayar sitting on a sofa during their wedding ceremony while the pundits squatted on the floor and chanted the mantras
They are said to have hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus during their wedding.
Vishnu Khandelwal, a Jodhpur resident, had filed the case against the couple in 2007 stating that they had deliberately insulted Hindu religion during their marriage.
There are three witnesses who have been examined in the case, but the case still needs an approval from the state to proceed further. If the prosecutors get the required permission, Hurley and Nayar will be produced in the court when the charges are framed against them.
"The two were wearing shoes during the wedding rituals. Nayar sat on the horse while he was drunk just for the sake of climbing the horse.
Also, the couple sat on the sofa when the pundit was chanting mantras near the fire," said Hastimal Saraswat, the advocate representing Khandelwal.
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"All these actions are against the Hindu dharma. The two have hurt the sentiments of the Hindus and hence they should be punished for their actions."
He said that they were drunk and were also kissing each another during the rituals.
"The two had married abroad and just to humiliate Hindu religion they got married again in Jodhpur. They should be punished severely," said Khandelwal.
The case was filed against the couple under section 120(B) for criminal conspiracy and section 295(A) for
deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings.
While the witnesses were examined and the court was to take cognisance of the offence, the prosecutors had to get an approval from the State or Centre to prosecute them.
Saraswat said, "We are just waiting to get the permission from the State. As soon as we get the permission, we will proceed and prosecute the offenders before a court of law."
Liz-warne affair
Elizabeth Hurley and Australian cricketer Shane Warne were spotted in a passionate embrace last week as they waited for their coats before returning to the Bentley Hotel in London where they spent the night together.
Last week they also dined at the exclusive San Lorenzo restaurant before heading back to the hotel.
They were spotted sharing a joke and looking out of their hotel window together the next day after spending all morning in the hotel.
The pair met up after posting flirty tweets to each other on Twitter for months after a chance meeting at Goodwood races in West Sussex in July.
