Court relief for Shilpa Shetty, sister Shamita but not for mother

Mumbai: A sessions court in the city on Monday stayed the process issued by a metropolitan magistrate court against Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her sister Shamita Shetty

Mumbai: A sessions court in the city on Monday stayed the process issued by a metropolitan magistrate court against Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her sister Shamita Shetty. The court, however, did not grant any relief to their mother, Sunanda, saying that the proceedings against her will continue in the lower court.

Parshad Firoze Amra, who owns an automobile agency, had alleged that he had given a loan of ₹21 lakh to Corgifts, a Shetty family firm, but he was not paid the money after the demise of Shilpa’s father, Surendra. (PTI)

Additional sessions judge, AZ Khan stayed the process issued against the sisters, noting that deceased Surendra Shetty, father of the sisters, and Sunanda, were partner’s in the firm, but the complainant had not filed any document to show that Shilpa and Shamita were also partner’s in the said partnership firm and that they were concerned about the loan amount and their intention from the very inception of the transaction was to cheat him.

“No doubt there are several factual and legal aspects involved which need judicial inquiry on merit. Hence the order passed by the trial court against applicant Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Shamita Shetty whereby process is issued is hereby stayed against them,” said the sessions court, adding that, the magistrate court can proceed against Sunanda.

The sessions court has now posted the matter on March 25 for further hearing.

The actress sisters and their mother Sunanda had moved Dindoshi sessions court, challenging the process issued against them by a metropolitan magistrate court at Andheri on February 11, 2022.

In her plea before the sessions court, the actress claimed that she and her sister were arrayed in the proceedings because they are actors and the sole objective of hurting their public standing and using criminal proceedings to extort the amount from them.

Parshad Firoze Amra, who owns an automobile agency, had alleged that he had given a loan of ₹21 lakh to Corgifts, a Shetty family firm, but he was not paid the money after the demise of Shilpa’s father, Surendra.

Acting on Amra’s complaint of criminal breach of trust, cheating etc., the metropolitan magistrate court had issued process against the sisters and their mother and also summoned them.