CHENNAI: Yesteryear actor Rambha today moved a Family Court here seeking to declare and appoint her as a natural guardian of her minor children.
On October 25, she had moved a family court seeking its intervention to unite her estranged husband, who is now in Canada, with her under provisions of the Hindu Marriages Act.
The court had then posted the proceedings in the case for today.
She had filed the petition under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriages Act, which paves the way for restitution of conjugal rights to the aggrieved partner.
According to Section 9 of the Act, when either the husband or wife withdraws from the other without reasonable excuse, the aggrieved person may go to court for restitution of his or her conjugal rights.
The actress had submitted that she would like to live with her husband Indran Pathmanathan, a Canada-based businessman, whom she married in April, 2010. The couple have two children and they have been living separately for some time now.
Rambha, whose original name was Vijayalakshmi, shot to fame with her movie ‘Ullathai Allitha’ (1996) in Tamil and she has acted in many films in several languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. (AGENCIES)