Earlier, appearing for Sterry, advocate Devdatt Kamat argued that his client, an international film producer, has been left 'running helter-skelter' by his supermodel wife who was accused of using her connections to get the PIO card cancelled.

Questioning the government order cancelling Sterry's PIO card, Kamat pointed out that this was done saying his stay in India would jeopardise public interest.

Terming the government's rationale far fetched, Kamat pleaded with the court to cancel the order.

In his lawsuit, Sterry said he married Raut in New York in 2002.

Sterry said that as his wife was reluctant to give up her modelling career, he gave up his business of film production to babysit their daughter Ksha, born to them in June 2005.

Sterry told the court that his marriage eventually turned sour, with his wife moving a Mumbai family court for divorce in 2008.

Sterry alleged that his wife 'being an extremely influential and powerful person has created havoc in his life by lodging false complaints against him'.

He said his wife got his PIO card cancelled by misusing her influence over bureaucrats.