Covid-19 is the X factor in legal battle between wealthy exes

MUMBAI: The pandemic rewrote so many rules, it was inevitable it would do the same for the usual bitter battle of separated spouses.Before the world knew Covid, an ex-partner of a wealthy person wouldn’t budge from a Rs 100 crore settlement claim, a lawyer said. But post-crisis and economic bad news all round, the claim came down to mere Rs 55 crore, with some artwork and a nice car thrown in — and the divorced couple separated happily ever