Bobby, who was born as Pankaj Sharma, moved a family court in Bandra seeking divorce with her husband on the grounds of domestic violence. Apart from the dissolution of her marriage, she also sought cancellation of a gift deed of a flat in Oshiwara and Rs 2 crore alimony.
Meanwhile her husband has questioned the validity of their marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act.
The divorce petition filed says that both of them are Hindus and that the petitioner, then a transgender known as Bobby Darling underwent a sex reassignment surgery in November 2015 to become Pakhi Sharma, before marrying in February 2016 in Bhopal, in a Hindu ceremony.
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However, the advocate representing Bobby's husband Ramneek questioned the validity of the marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act.
“According to the Hindu Marriage Act 1955, the marriage takes place between the groom and the bride. Marriage takes place between a male and a female and not between a transgender, who converts into a woman, and a man. She did not disclose about her sex reassignment surgery to the marriage registrar. The marriage is null and void under the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act. These are the points we have raised,” he told News18.
The court has set March 5 as the next date of hearing.
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On a related note, in September 2017, Bobby filed an FIR with the Delhi Police against her husband, accusing him of domestic violence and unnatural sex after which he was arrested in May 2018.
Bobby also holds the Limca Book of Record for playing the role of a gay man 18 times in Bollywood movies even before she turned 23.