The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Poonam Jaidev Shroff, socialite estranged wife of industrialist Jaidev Shroff, to search for a house of her "choice" in Mumbai in a week's time or it will direct the Bombay High Court registry to do the needful which will be binding on her.
The top court, which had earlier asked her to locate a premises of her choice as her husband agreed to pay the rent till final disposal of their divorce plea by a family court at Bandra, got irked when told that so far no suitable premises has been found for her stay.
"Do you want a house or not? You look for a house and come back next week. There are all kind of people living in Mumbai and for all kind of people, there there are houses," a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said.
"We will treat it as lack of bona fide on your part if you do not get a house. You select a house, he (her estranged husband) will pay the rent... Otherwise, we will ask the Registrar General of Bombay HC to select an architect who will find a house for you," said the Bench.