Overview
- The Patiala District Court has ordered YouTuber Armaan Malik and his wives, Payal and Kritika, to appear on September 2 in response to a private petition.
- Petitioner Davinder Rajput alleges Malik entered four marriages without ending earlier unions and that a social-media video of Payal as the goddess Kali offended religious sentiments.
- After confusion over an Instagram post showing Kritika with a pregnancy test, the family clarified that Payal is expecting her fourth child.
- Malik married Payal in 2011 and wed her friend Kritika in 2018 without a divorce, a household dynamic highlighted on Bigg Boss OTT 3 in 2024.
- Investigations under the Hindu Marriage Act remain ongoing ahead of the September hearing, with both bigamy and religious-sentiment claims under review.