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The Karnataka High Court has granted divorce to Kannada actor Duniya Vijay and his wife Nagarathna on Thursday. It has also directed him to pay Rs 2 crore as permanent alimony.
A Division Bench comprising Justice DK Singh and Justice H Shanthi Bhushan set aside a lower court ruling to grant the divorce, ordering Vijay to pay ₹2 crore as a one-time permanent alimony to Nagarathna within two months. Failure to clear the payment within the stipulated timeframe will attract an interest penalty of six per cent per annum, the IANS reported.
On Thursday, the Karnataka High Court granted a divorce to Kannada actor Duniya Vijay and his wife Nagarathna.
The High Court cited the prolonged breakdown of the marital bond, the welfare of Nagarathna and the couple’s three children, and Vijay’s current financial standing in the film industry. The bench also noted that the conduct and values public figures project on screen should be mirrored in their personal lives.
The order overturns a June 2024 verdict by the 2nd Additional Family Court, which had dismissed Vijay’s divorce petition after concluding that his allegations of cruelty were not legally established.
In 2013, Duniya Vijay had first approached a Bengaluru family court seeking dissolution of their 15-year marriage on grounds of cruelty and desertion, alleging that Nagarathna had failed to care for his parents. At the time, the couple had already been living on separate floors of the same residential building for two years.
Though the pair briefly withdrew the petition in 2014, Vijay refiled for divorce four years later in 2018. Nagarathna had consistently contested the dissolution in lower courts, expressing a desire to reconcile before the matter reached the High Court.
Vijay is a well-known actor whose turned a hero with Suri-directorial Duniya. Thereafter, he has delivered many successful movies including Chanda, Johny Mera Naam Preethi Mera Kaam, Jayammana Maga and Bheema.
In a separate incident, a case was filed against his son Samrat on Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting his college mate allegedly for overtaking a car on Bengaluru-Mysuru road.
