While hearing a matrimonial dispute case on Thursday, the Supreme Court appeared annoyed when a counsel pointed out that the couple in question had met on Shaadi.com, a website popular in India, usually for arranged marriage unions.
The Supreme Court’s latest comment on Shaadi.com comes days after the site’s founder, Anupam Mittal, was granted immunity from arrest in a case. (Pixabay/Rep)According to Bar and bencha lawyer in the case told the Supreme Court during the hearing that the husband and wife had not met for the past 2 years. At this point Justice JB Pardiwala asked: “Shadi.com? You met on Shadi.com?”.
When informed that the couple had actually met through a matrimonial site, Justice Pardiwala said: “What shall we do with this shaadi.com… try mediation again”, the legal publication reported.
The Supreme Court’s recent comment on Shaadi.com comes days after the site’s founder Anupam Mittal was protected from arrest A case related to fraud alleged by a user of the site.
A woman from Hyderabad alleged that she was cheated ₹11 lakh by a user of Shaadi.com for creating a fake profile on the platform. He also alleged that the platform failed to properly verify user details.
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Representing Mittal, his lawyer Atmaram Nadkarni told the court that the website was just a matchmaker and questioned why the founder was accused in the case. “I am only facilitating the fair. We are cooperating with the investigation. But why am I the accused?” Nadkarni asked.
On Tuesday, February 3, a Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and NV Anjaria stayed an order of the Telangana High Court that had refused to quash the proceedings against Mittal and referred the matter to the High Court for fresh consideration.
“Since the quashing application has not been decided on merits, we set aside the impugned order and remit the matter to the High Court to consider it on merits,” the top court said.
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Anupam Mittal and two others were granted protection from arrest for two weeks and the Shaadi.com founder was asked to approach the high court for interim bail.
