India, Dec. 3 -- Businessman Deepak Kothari, who was allegedly duped of Rs.60.48 crore by actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband and businessman Raj Kundra, has filed an interim application in the Bombay High Court, claiming Shetty's signature on an affidavit submitted to the court in October was not genuine. The notary register, Kothari claimed, was signed by some third party.

"The proxy signature destroys the foundational principle of evidence placed before the court. A deponent not signing the notary register is a serious lapse that can render a document invalid and expose the notary to misconduct proceedings, as it violates the duty to verify the deponent's identity and the requirement to maintain proper records," Kothari said in the in...