The Supreme Court today stepped in to cool tensions in a high-voltage domestic feud between Rippling’s co-founder Prasanna Sankar and his wife Dhivya Sashidhar, suggesting the matter be sent to mediation before things spiral further out of control—both online and in court.
A bench comprising Justices MM Sundresh and Rajesh Bindal made it clear that the drama unfolding between the estranged couple belongs not in the courtroom or the internet, but around a mediation table. The nudge came during a hearing on a petition filed by Sashidhar, who accused her husband of hurling serious slurs at her on social media.
“He’s calling her a prostitute… restraint is needed from both sides,” her counsel told the court, referencing messages exchanged and now partially aired in the public domain.
The judges didn’t mince words. Justice Sundresh, after briefly scanning the situation, noted simply, “Yes, yes we saw… this is a matter for mediation.” Justice Bindal, meanwhile, voiced concern over the digital mudslinging, especially considering its viral reach.
The conflict recently exploded on X (formerly Twitter), where Sankar launched into a series of emotional posts alleging that his wife had fabricated charges to abduct their child and flee the country. He also claimed relentless harassment by Tamil Nadu police acting on what he described as a bogus kidnapping complaint.
In response, Sankar had rushed to the Madras High Court, which intervened by instructing the police to stop troubling him.
Sashidhar, however, countered his online narrative, maintaining that her complaint was simply aimed at finding their son, not an attempt at abduction or character assassination.
As the digital battlefield continues to draw public eyes, the country’s top court has made one thing clear—this isn’t a tech startup war, it’s a family matter, and it needs a quiet room, not a trending hashtag.