Sridhar Vembu divorce case: Zoho co-founder’s estranged wife approaches Madras High Court to record his testimony

Sridhar Vembu's estranged wife seeks Madras High Court's aid for recording testimony in their California divorce case.

Global technology firm Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu’s estranged wife Pramila Srinivasan has approached the Madras High Court with a plea to honour a Letters Rogatory (a request for international judicial assistance) issued by the Superior Court of California in the United States, where a divorce case between the couple was pending, for recording the evidence of witnesses residing in India.

Justice P. Dhanabal has directed the High Court Registry to issue notice, returnable by February 23, 2026 to Mr. Vembu, who had shifted his residence from Pleasonton in California to Tenkasi at Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. The notice has been ordered to be issued in all three applications filed by Ms. Srinivasan with separate but interconnected prayers related to the Letters Rogatory.

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In her first application, Ms. Srinivasan urged the High Court to appoint either a senior advocate or a retired judge as a local commissioner to record the testimonies of nine individuals including Mr. Vembu and his relatives, whom she had arrayed as respondents/witnesses, as well as that of Zoho Corporation Private Limited based at Estancia IT park at Vallancherry in Chengalpattu district.

The applicant said, the Superior Court of California had passed an order on October 2, 2025 for recording the testimonies of the witnesses on oath and also permitted collection of relevant documents from them. She said, the Letters Rogatory too had been issued for that purpose since all those witnesses were residing outside the territorial jurisdiction of the American court.