3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Oct 15, 2025 07:18 PM IST
Priya Kapur told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday said there is “nothing unusual in the bequest” and added that “obviously the present wife would be preferred over the estranged wife”. (Source: Instagram)
Rebutting suspicions that her late husband Sunjay Kapur’s will was forged, his wife Priya Kapur told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday said there is “nothing unusual in the bequest” and added that “obviously the present wife would be preferred over the estranged wife”.
Even as Justice Jyoti Singh intervened to point out that actress Karisma Kapoor — the said estranged wife of businessman Sunjay — was not party to the suit, senior advocate Rajiv Nayar, representing Priya, clarified that he is only “indicating”.
Kapur’s two children with Karisma are locked in an inheritance battle with Priya — his third wife — over his personal assets, claiming their share as Class 1 or immediate heirs.
Kapur, the former chairman of Sona Comstar, died on June 12 after suffering a heart attack during a polo match in the United Kingdom.
The HC was hearing the case for the fourth consecutive day, and has now posted the matter for further hearing on October 17.
Dismissing suspicions raised over the validity of the will owing to errors such as typos in the spelling of Sunjay’s six-year-old son, wrong addresses mentioned of Karisma’s children, and errors like terming ‘testator’ in the will as ‘testatrix’, Nayar submitted that, minus a challenge to the validity of the will, such arguments cannot be raised by Karisma’s children.
“The entire plaint is bereft of any cause of action… they’ve spent four days calling a will ‘bogus’, with no challenge to it… this will is not in the probate jurisdiction at the moment,” Nayar pointed out.
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Addressing the allegations of a forged will being propounded, as well as suspicions around the timing of making the will public, Nayar argued, “She (Priya) was an investment banker… if forgery was to be complete, will there be mistakes left? As a mother, will I spell my son’s spelling wrong? Is it a ground to invalidate a will? Is it a challenge maintainable in law? Supposing it was kept in my pocket and surfaces at the appropriate time, will it be invalidated?… (the address mentioned in Sunjay’s will) is the address of [Karisma’s daughter] in her income tax returns.”
“He (Sunjay) provided for them sufficiently under the trust. And when you accepted it under the trust to the exclusion of the mother-in-law [Rani Kapur, Sunjay’s mother], there were no tears, and now you’re [Karisma’s children] saying she [Rani] has been left on the road? We are to only see whether the will was executed by a man of sound mind in the presence of attesting witnesses… Challenge has to be to the execution of will, has nothing to do with how it surfaces. Challenge to a will cannot be predicated on late production of a will… We are testing the challenge in the absence of a challenge to the will… There is nothing unusual in the bequest…,” Nayar added.
He pointed out that Sunjay’s father, too, in his will had similarly bequeathed his assets, and thus “it runs in the family”.
Sohini Ghosh is a Senior Correspondent at The Indian Express. Previously based in Ahmedabad covering Gujarat, she recently moved to the New Delhi bureau, where she primarily covers legal developments at the Delhi High Court
Professional Profile
Background: An alumna of the Asian College of Journalism (ACJ), she previously worked with ET NOW before joining The Indian Express.
Core Beats: Her reporting is currently centered on the Delhi High Court, with a focus on high-profile constitutional disputes, disputes over intellectual property, criminal and civil cases, issues of human rights and regulatory law (especially in the areas of technology and healthcare).
Earlier Specialty: In Gujarat, she was known for her rigorous coverage in the beats of crime, law and policy, and social justice issues, including the 2002 riot cases, 2008 serial bomb blast case, 2016 flogging of Dalits in Una, among others.
She has extensively covered health in the state, including being part of the team that revealed the segregation of wards at the state’s largest government hospital on lines of faith in April 2020.
With Ahmedabad being a UNESCO heritage city, she has widely covered urban development and heritage issues, including the redevelopment of the Sabarmati Ashram
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Her recent reporting from the Delhi High Court covers major political, constitutional, corporate, and public-interest legal battles:
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She has extensively covered the various legal battles - including for compensation under the aegis of North East Delhi Riots Claims Commission - pertaining to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, as well as 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
She has also led coverage at the intersection of technology and governance, and its impact on the citizenry, from, and beyond courtrooms — such as the government’s stakeholder consultations for framing AI-Deepfake policy.
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Sohini is recognized for her sustained reporting from courtrooms and beyond. She specialises in breaking down dense legal arguments to make legalese accessible for readers. Her transition from Gujarat to Delhi has seen her expand her coverage on regulatory, corporate and intellectual property law, while maintaining a strong commitment to human rights and lacuna in the criminal justice system.
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