Amrita Nayer’s parents are wealthy and established one of the leading pharmaceutical companies, Surgipharm Uganda, where she works as a director.
But her husband, Shivay Kundra, did not want to know any of this as he inflicted punches that ended their one-year marriage.
Here is how it started.
Nayer, a 29-year-old director at Surgipharm, married Kundra, a 34-year-old sales and marketing manager, in January 2024 at the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB).
The couple had earlier held a religious ceremony in Nairobi. In March 2024, the couple welcomed their first child.
When the child came on the scene, the relationship began to deteriorate. Violence, including of a sexual nature, kicked in, and Nayer ran to court asking for a divorce.
Nayer claimed that Kundra started beating her months into their union, and one time when they had sex, it was very violent. He choked her during the act.
“I could not bear it. I really thought he was going to kill me. He choked me, and I could not breathe,” she said.
Because of this abuse and violence, Nayer claimed one of her ovaries had to be removed.
“I have had my ovary removed,” she testified, adding that she also suffered internal injuries.
Her lawyers, led by Dr Diana Harriet Musoke, argued that the pattern of Kundra’s behaviour went far beyond normal marital disagreements and posed a real danger to her health and safety.
Alongside these claims, Nayer alleged that her husband was a drug user. She said one time, she found marijuana on him.
Kundra, represented by lawyers Innocent Ngobi Ndiko and Kenneth Sengabi, said Nayer was exaggerating the situation. Instead, he claimed, it was she who was violent towards him.
He claimed she had emotionally tortured him by leaving Uganda for the UK with their child without his consent, denying him access, and humiliating him by telling him to find a job and stop depending on his parents.
He presented a psychological report showing he suffered mental distress after the separation.
Kundra also denied using drugs and told the court that the purchase was made on behalf of another person. He presented a drug screening test conducted in November 2025, which was negative.
Kundra’s lawyers also wondered why, if their client was violent, Nayer never reported to the police.
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Justice Celia Nagawa, who heard the case, said the failure by Nayer to report abuse does not mean it did not happen.
“Victims within marriage frequently do not report incidents,” she said, citing fear, shame, and hope for reconciliation as common reasons.
After reviewing all the evidence, she said Nayer had proved her case because Kundra’s actions “exceeded the ordinary wear and tear of married life.”
She accepted Nayer’s account of choking and fear, noting that this was not ordinary marital conflict but serious conduct that made the marriage unsafe.
Justice Nagawa dismissed Kundra’s counterclaim that he, too, had suffered violence at the hands of Nayer.
“Kundra has not proven that the petitioner subjected him to cruelty,” she said.
As a result, the court granted Nayer her wish and formally dissolved the marriage.
Regarding financial matters, both parties had agreed that there was no matrimonial property to divide.
The court also declined to make any orders on child custody or maintenance because the child lives in the United Kingdom with Nayer. Justice Nagawa said that UK courts are better placed to decide such matters.
It emerged that during their separation, Kundra had been contributing Shs2 million monthly for the child’s upkeep. Nayer wanted the money increased to Shs 4 million, but the court declined.
Each party was ordered to pay its own legal costs.
