Shikhar Dhawan and Ayesha Mukherjee were the heartthrobs of social media. Cricket fans were much more interested in cricketers’ private lives and reels than cricket. It was a display of a fairy-tale love story. They both were introduced by Harbhajan Singh. Both of them started chatting on Facebook, after which their friendship turned into love. Although Dhawan’s wife, Ayesha Mukherjee, was born in India, she later moved to Australia. Ayesha is a kickboxer. Her father is Bengali and her mother is from Britain.
Ayesha is 10 years older than Shikhar Dhawan, but love knows no age limit. Ayesha was already married to an Australian businessman before marrying Shikhar Dhawan. Shikhar Dhawan and Ayesha met through Facebook. Shikhar Dhawan and Ayesha Mukherjee got engaged in 2009 and both got married in 2012. This was Ayesha Mukherjee’s second marriage. He has two daughters from her first marriage. Shikar Dhawan, through his plea, stated that he discovered post-marriage that the primary reason for the respondent to induce the petitioner into marrying her was merely to extort crores of rupees from him. Shortly after the marriage, the respondent threatened to fabricate defamatory and false material against the petitioner and circulate the same to destroy the reputation and cricketing career of the petitioner if he did not comply with her demands for money.
Shikhar Dhawan’s family members were against his marriage with Ayesha. They did not want him to marry a divorced woman who was 10 years older than him and had two daughters. However, later, the family approved of this relationship. Married in Sikh tradition in 2012. Many cricketers, including Virat Kohli, participated in Shikhar’s procession. Although Ayesha had claimed that she had sent such messages to only three people, the court refused to accept them. The court also found Shikhar Dhawan’s allegation to be true that Ayesha had fought a lot when he wanted to stay with his father during COVID. Shikar Dhawan, through his plea, stated that he discovered post-marriage that the primary reason for the respondent to induce the petitioner into marrying her was merely to extort crores of rupees from him. Shortly after the marriage, the respondent threatened to fabricate defamatory and false material against the petitioner and circulate the same to destroy the reputation and cricketing career of the petitioner if he did not comply with her demands for money.
In 2014, Ayesha gave birth to Dhawan’s son, Zorawar. Dhawan and Ayesha parted ways after being together for nine years. Now both of them are legally divorced. Before the marriage of Shikhar Dhawan and Ayesha Mukherjee broke up, there were reports of rifts between them. In an Instagram post, both of them talked about separation. The reason for their divorce was Ayesha’s first marriage. She had promised her first husband that she would take care of her daughters and would not leave Australia. At the same time, she told Dhawan that she would stay with him. After marriage, she lived in Australia with her son, Zorawar, and both daughters. Because of this, there was a rift between the two.
Shikhar is an Australian citizen and is in Australia. Any order or judgment can be effectively implemented in foreign territory only if the state machinery of that foreign country is willing to implement it either voluntarily or under international obligations. Shikar Dhawan, through his plea, stated that he discovered post-marriage that the primary reason for the respondent to induce the petitioner into marrying her was merely to extort crores of rupees from him. Shortly after the marriage, the respondent threatened to fabricate defamatory and false material against the petitioner and circulate the same to destroy the reputation and cricketing career of the petitioner if he did not comply with her demands for money.
Ayesha told the court that she really wanted to live with him in India; however, due to her commitment to her daughters from her previous marriage and stay in Australia, she could not come to live in India. The Court noted that the petitioner has also prayed for the grant of permanent custody of his minor son, submitting that it was morally, psychologically, and mentally disastrous for the minor son to be with the respondent, who consistently acted detrimentally to his welfare right from his birth. Harish Kumar’s family court judge, while dissolving their 11-year-old wedlock, said, “There is no dispute that both parties had agreed to take divorce by mutual consent and that their marriage was otherwise dead long ago and they have not been living as husband and wife since August 8, 2020.”
The allegation against Ayesha was also found to be true that when she came to live in India with her son, she forced Dhawan to send monthly expenses to his two daughters. Even their school fees had to be paid by Dhawan himself. In such a situation, for a long time, Dhawan sent them about Rs 10 lakh every month.
The court also found that Ayesha acquired 99% ownership rights in Dhawan’s three properties in Australia through forceful pressure. She also became the joint owner of two other properties. Shikhar Dhawan is the star cricketer of the Indian cricket team. This time, he will also be seen captaining the Punjab Kings in the IPL starting on March 31.
