The battle over late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s will intensified in the Delhi High Court this week, with Priya Kapur’s legal team presenting a detailed rebuttal to allegations raised by Karisma Kapoor’s side. The dispute, which involves Karisma’s children and Sunjay’s widowed wife, revolves around the inheritance of his estimated Rs 30,000 crore estate.
During the last hearing, the lawyer representing Karisma’s daughter claimed that two months of university fees were unpaid. This triggered a heated exchange in court, but on day three, Priya’s lawyer Sheyl Trehan countered the allegation with receipts and documentation. She produced a Rs 95 lakh per semester receipt and told the court that the payment had already been made, adding that the next instalment for the second semester is only due in December as reported by Times Of India and Mirror Now.
This directly undercut the earlier claim. Once the fee issue was settled, the court moved to the larger point of contention: the authenticity of Sunjay’s will. Karisma and her children have alleged forgery, but the defence walked the court through the entire creation of the document.
According to the defence, the first draft of the will was created on the laptop of advocate Nitin Sharma, who also prepared the final document. His affidavit confirmed this and was backed by screenshots, file histories and metadata. Sharma even brought his laptop to court and invited the bench to verify everything on the spot.
The timeline became central to the hearing. Sunjay reviewed the draft on March 10, 2025, sent feedback over the next few days, and the final version was completed on March 17. The defence highlighted that this matched the plaintiffs’ own statement that Sunjay arrived in Delhi on the same day. Travel records submitted in court also aligned with the metadata.
The court then heard how the document moved: from its creation as a Word file, to its conversion into a signed PDF, to the email exchange between Sharma and accountant Dinesh Agarwal, and finally to the moment Sunjay viewed it on the Family Office WhatsApp group at 5.01 pm. The defence said every step was supported by logs, sworn statements and screenshots.
The plaintiffs’ new argument suggested that the signature on the will was not genuine. But the defence responded that this was the same signature used by Karisma and the children to claim benefits worth Rs 2,000 crore from the RK Family Trust. “They never questioned its authenticity until the dispute over the will,” the defence stated.
Both witnesses, Sharma and Agarwal, maintained that the signature was authentic and properly witnessed. Emails showed Agarwal contacted the executor immediately after Sunjay’s death, and the executor received the original document on June 24, 2025. The plaintiffs acknowledged this in writing.
Another contention was that the will was suspicious because it was not registered. The defence said registration is not compulsory under Indian law, and probate is not required in Delhi. Since much of Sunjay’s immovable property is abroad, probate would not have been necessary in any case.
Before the hearing ended, senior advocate Rajiv Nayar, appearing for Priya, addressed the larger point. He said, “There is nothing suspicious about a husband giving everything in his assets to his wife. As is the case in my father-in-law’s will, where everything was given to his wife. It is a healthy tradition which perhaps has been maintained.”
The court will resume arguments on November 21, with both sides preparing for what is expected to be a long legal battle.
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