UP MLA Raja Bhaiya Files Divorce Plea On Grounds Of Mental Cruelty, Next Hearing On May 23

Kunda MLA Kunwar Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya of Uttar Pradesh has filed for divorce from his wife, Bhanvi Kumari, citing mental cruelty and desertion.

The case was scheduled for a hearing in Delhi’s Saket Family Court today. However, because the family court judge was on leave, it will now be heard on May 23, 2023.

A summons was issued for Bhanvi Kumari to appear in person on Monday based on her petition. However, because the divorce plea is challenged, i.e., not on mutual grounds, his wife was given a set amount of time to respond. Following that, the case would be tried on the basis of proof of cruelty or desertion, as claimed by Raja Bhaiya.

Raja Bhaiya had moved the divorce petition in November, 2022.

Raja Bhaiya mentioned in his grounds for divorce that his wife had not only left the marital house but also refused to live with him. He stated that Bhanvi Singh made false accusations against his brother and caused discord among family members, amounting to mental and emotional torture towards him.

A disagreement between Bhanvi Singh and Raja Bhaiya’s brother Akshay Pratap Singh strained their relationship even more when the UP MLA sided with his sibling. This angered Bhanvi Singh even more.

Raghuraj Pratap Singh, a Jansatta Dal (JD) party MLA, and his wife’s family and matrimonial dispute erupted when the former went to court and filed a case based on a FIR filed by Bhanvi Singh at the Jorbagh police station.

In the FIR, Bhanvi Singh charged Akshay Pratap Singh with violating sections 420, 467, 468, 471,109, and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Bhanvi Singh filed a case against Akshay Pratap Singh alias Gopal ji, an MLC, for financial irregularities in the Economic Offences Wing.

Raja Bhaiya and Bhanvi Singh are the parents of four children: two daughters and twin sons. In 1995, the couple married.