Court tells former cricketer to settle case with mother

MUMBAI: A metropolitan court has asked former cricketer Nayan Mongia to settle a domestic violence case with his mother. The Borivli metropolitan magistrate reminded Mongia that it was a question that involved his family and asked him to appear before the Lok Adalat to be held on Sept 16, 2012, so that the case filed by his mom could be settled.
“We are ready to settle as we do not want this matter to drag on,” said a source close to Mongia’s mother Gyandevi (69).Mongia’s lawyer Kshitij Mehta alleged that the case had been lodged at the instigation of the former cricketer’s siblings.
“The court suggested we settle the issue,” Mehta said. Gyandevi had claimed that after her husband’s death in Dec 2010, she was ill-treated by her son and his wife. She was forced to shift to Mumbai where her daughter lived in March 2011. Gyandevi, who has underwent a bypass surgery, claimed to have spent around Rs 7 lakh for her treatment in the past one-and-a-half years.
Alleging that she was subjected to physical and mental violence, Gyandevi has sought court’s directions to Mongia to pay her the money she spent on her medical treatment as well as a monthly maintenance. She also alleged that Mongia had refused to give her the portion of property that her husband had allotted to her in his will. Mongia has filed a case challenging the will.
Mongia’s lawyers challenged the jurisdiction of a Mumbai court to hear the case as Mongia and his mother were residents of Baroda. The magistrate however observed that the Mumbai court could hear the case and also asked Gyandevi to submit details of the alleged incidents of domestic violence.