By EUNICE MACHUHIPosted Thursday, November 12 2009 at 19:09
A tycoon ordered to pay his wife Sh92 million in a divorce settlement has filed an application seeking to stay the court’s decision pending appeal.
When he was granted the divorce in January 2008, Dr Kuwaljeet Rekhi agreed to part with the money which he was to pay ex-wife Gurbeen Kaur but later filed an application seeking to have the arrangement set aside.
He had said that new issues had arisen and he intended to raise them in court before a final settlement was made.
Dr Rekhi had also raised an issue on jurisdiction, on whether the court has power to hear the case while the properties in question were out of the country.
However, in July, Mr Justice Joseph Sergon dismissed the application noting it lacked merit and sufficient grounds to support it. On Thursday when the case was mentioned before the Mr Justice Mohammed Ibrahim in Mombasa, it emerged that Ms Kaur had appointed a new firm, Lubulela and Machanja, to represent her.
However, Dr Rekhi through the firm of A.B. Patel, said that the new firm could not file a reply to the application as they were not properly on record.
The court was told that the new firm had filed a reply to the issues raised by Dr Rekhi on November 6, before it even came on record for the other party on November 9.
The divorce was granted by the High Court in Mombasa that noted that the union had irreparably broken down and dissolved the 20-year union.
The couple had agreed to share their properties in Kenya and Britain, where Ms Kaur was entitled to cash and property valued at Sh92 million.
Source: Daily Nation
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