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The inheritance dispute remains centred on the “suspicious circumstances” surrounding the March 2025 will, which Samaira and Kiaan allege is “forged and fabricated”.
The timing of the will and its contents raised suspicions among other legal heirs, particularly Sunjay’s children from his marriage to Karisma Kapoor.
The legal battle over the sprawling Rs 30,000 crore estate of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur has intensified in the Delhi High Court, with his widow, Priya Sachdev Kapur, and the legal representatives of his children with actor Karisma Kapoor trading sharp allegations over financial maintenance and the validity of his final will. The court has recorded final written submissions in a suit that has pitted the Sona Comstar chairman’s third wife against his children, Samaira and Kiaan, who have challenged the authenticity of a will dated March 21, 2025.
Priya Sachdev Kapur told the court that she has independently borne the expenses for Samaira and Kiaan since Sunjay’s sudden death in London in June 2025. In her submission, she estimated these costs over Rs 90 lakh, covering university tuition, international travel, club memberships, and miscellaneous living costs. Priya argued that as the sole beneficiary of Sunjay’s will, she is the rightful administrator of his assets and that the children’s lawsuit for partition is “not maintainable”. Her legal team further contended that the children have already received beneficial interests worth nearly Rs 1,900 crore from a family trust, suggesting that the current litigation is an attempt to stall the execution of a valid testamentary document.
Responding to these claims, the legal side representing Karisma Kapoor’s children dismissed the notion of Priya’s “personal” payments as factually incorrect and legally untenable. They asserted that any payments made toward the children’s welfare were not voluntary acts of charity but the fulfilment of pre-existing, legally binding obligations. Under a court-approved divorce settlement from 2016, Sunjay Kapur was mandated to fund his children’s education and provide for their residential needs in Mumbai. The children’s counsel argued that these payments were processed through Sunjay’s institutional office mechanisms and would have to be honoured by his estate regardless of who eventually inherits it.
The dispute remains centred on the “suspicious circumstances” surrounding the March 2025 will, which Samaira and Kiaan allege is “forged and fabricated”. They have pointed to glaring inconsistencies in the document, including the use of feminine pronouns for the testator and the complete omission of Sunjay’s 80-year-old mother, Rani Kapur, who has also independently challenged the will. While Priya’s team maintains that the will follows a “healthy family tradition” of leaving assets to a spouse, the children’s side has pressed for an interim injunction to prevent the alienation of any property. With Justice Jyoti Singh reserving the order on this interim plea, the future of one of India’s most high-profile corporate inheritances now rests with the bench.
First Published:
January 13, 2026, 20:37 IST
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