Monday, April 09, 2007
Liz Hurley faces jail
April 10, 2007: According to the London Telegraph, which is admittedly not a normal source of Hindu law but occasionally has excelled on the Hollywood gossip front, particularly in the days when it was run by notorious criminal Conrad Black, Hollywood star Liz Hurley faces a three year jail term for breaching Hindu custom.
Wedding pictures the star sold to Hello! magazine for $5 million might be used to prosecute Liz Hurley, combined with evidence from her new father-in-law.
A devout Hindu, Vishnu Khandelwal, who is thought never to have met the couple, has begun legal proceedings saying their lavish wedding broke with Hindu custom.
Among the allegations are that Hurley refused to take off her shoes when they arrived at the marriage mandap (marriage place) and that she drank alcohol.
As a person interested in Hindu law, I can confirm that Hurley should not have done these things. Pictures of the pair kissing in Hello! will be used to show that they failed to "behave soberly'', while it was noted that kissing is also against Hindu culture.
"We are using the Hello! pictures to prove our case,'' prosecuting lawyer HM Saraswat said. Hurley's father-in-law Vinod Nayar has also contacted the prosecutor saying he has help regarding the case. "He wants to disclose some important facts,'' Mr Saraswat said. Mr Nayar famously disowned his son and daughter-in-law last week after claiming he and other Indian guests at the wedding were made to feel like a "second class citizens'' in comparison to European guests at the lavish do.
If found guilty of a "deliberate and malicious act'' against the religion, both Hurley and her husband Arun face a three-year jail sentence. The pair could also face an unlimited fine - putting a sizeable hole in their Hello! advance - by the judge presiding over the case if he decides there is a prime facie case to answer. It seems that they could be charged under section 295A of the Indian penal code, detailing an intention to outrage the feelings of Hindus by insulting their religious and ritualistic beliefs.
I dare say, from the thankfully little I have heard of Hurley, that HM Saraswat may have yet more evidence for such a case.
IMO: It all sounds a bit like contrived gossip but it could be said that the more of Hello! money that goes to the righteous Hindu poor, the better. Anyone who has looked at the worthless (but presumably mainly legal) rag Hello! can form that opinion, in my view.
Wedding pictures the star sold to Hello! magazine for $5 million might be used to prosecute Liz Hurley, combined with evidence from her new father-in-law.
A devout Hindu, Vishnu Khandelwal, who is thought never to have met the couple, has begun legal proceedings saying their lavish wedding broke with Hindu custom.
Among the allegations are that Hurley refused to take off her shoes when they arrived at the marriage mandap (marriage place) and that she drank alcohol.
As a person interested in Hindu law, I can confirm that Hurley should not have done these things. Pictures of the pair kissing in Hello! will be used to show that they failed to "behave soberly'', while it was noted that kissing is also against Hindu culture.
"We are using the Hello! pictures to prove our case,'' prosecuting lawyer HM Saraswat said. Hurley's father-in-law Vinod Nayar has also contacted the prosecutor saying he has help regarding the case. "He wants to disclose some important facts,'' Mr Saraswat said. Mr Nayar famously disowned his son and daughter-in-law last week after claiming he and other Indian guests at the wedding were made to feel like a "second class citizens'' in comparison to European guests at the lavish do.
If found guilty of a "deliberate and malicious act'' against the religion, both Hurley and her husband Arun face a three-year jail sentence. The pair could also face an unlimited fine - putting a sizeable hole in their Hello! advance - by the judge presiding over the case if he decides there is a prime facie case to answer. It seems that they could be charged under section 295A of the Indian penal code, detailing an intention to outrage the feelings of Hindus by insulting their religious and ritualistic beliefs.
I dare say, from the thankfully little I have heard of Hurley, that HM Saraswat may have yet more evidence for such a case.
IMO: It all sounds a bit like contrived gossip but it could be said that the more of Hello! money that goes to the righteous Hindu poor, the better. Anyone who has looked at the worthless (but presumably mainly legal) rag Hello! can form that opinion, in my view.
# posted by uv : 8:23 PM
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