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Karisma Kapoor and Sunjay KapurA \u2018testatrix\u2019 instead of a testator<\/p>\nThe Delhi High Court on Tuesday (October 14) heard new claims in the ongoing inheritance dispute over the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur\u2019s estate. The case, titled MS. Samaira Kapur & Anr v. Mrs. Priya Kapur & Ors, has drawn intense attention as actor Karisma Kapoor\u2019s children, Samaira and Kiaan Kapur, challenge the authenticity of their father\u2019s alleged will \u2014 a document they say is riddled with inconsistencies.<\/p>\n
Karisma Kapoor and Sunjay KapurA \u2018testatrix\u2019 instead of a testator<\/p>\n
Appearing before Justice Jyoti Singh, Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani argued that the purported will could not have been signed by Sunjay Kapur, pointing out that \u201cin certain crucial places in the purported Will of their late father, the feminine form of testator is used.\u201d He added, \u201cGiven the wisdom of the deceased, it was not possible that the Will was signed by their father.\u201d<\/p>\n
The courtroom further heard that the will \u2014 allegedly executed digitally \u2014 refers to Sunjay Kapur as \u201cshe\u201d and \u201cher\u201d multiple times, something Jethmalani described as \u201cnot just implausible but deeply incriminating.\u201d \u201cWhen you find \u2018she\u2019 and \u2018her\u2019 four times in a will supposedly written by Sunjay Kapur \u2014 a man known for precision and pride in his image \u2014 it\u2019s impossible to believe he drafted it,\u201d the lawyer said.<\/p>\n
Drawing attention to one particular clause, Jethmalani read from the document: \u201cSigned and declared by Sunjay Kapur the testatrix above named as and for her last will.\u201d He remarked, \u201cThe female form of testator is used… testator is now a she! This is an absurdity… It shows the audacity which people have to present something like this in court\u2026 there is no explanation for this clause, there can’t be. Unless Sunjay was of unsound mind incapable of reading English, could never have signed this… In short, Sunjay Kapur has signed this Will as a woman. It is replete with feminine pronoun\u2026 It says \u2018her last will\u2019, \u2018her presence\u2019…\u201d<\/p>\n
Calling the will\u2019s language \u201ca document that would have ruined his reputation,\u201d Jethmalani asserted that it undermines its own credibility.<\/p>\n
\u2018An acute gambler\u2019<\/p>\n
In one of the hearing\u2019s most charged moments, Jethmalani described Priya Kapur as \u201can acute gambler,\u201d suggesting she had taken a chance on her husband\u2019s legacy in pursuit of control. \u201cGood luck to her,\u201d he said, \u201cbut not at the cost of two children being robbed of their inheritance.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Priya Kapur\u2019s counsel dismissed the petition as \u201cgreedy motives\u201d on the part of Karisma Kapoor\u2019s children, Jethmalani countered, \u201cEverything they receive comes from their grandmother and father. You call them greedy? Your greed, Madam, is far greater \u2014 and it\u2019s written into every line of this will.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, who made the will?<\/p>\n
Jethmalani further argued that the defendants\u2019 pleadings were silent on who actually prepared the will. \u201cWhat we have is Sunjay Kapur \u2014 a meticulous person \u2014 has only an alleged digital footprint; that also in the entire conspectus he is a digital ghost. He does not appear physically. There is no handwriting, no evidence of photographs. There is only some oral evidence which is circumspect. The witnesses have not filed a detailed affidavit yet. Nobody knows what was the time and exact location,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He added that neither Defendant 1, Priya Kapur, nor the two witnesses to the will had stated who drafted it.<\/p>\n
Leaves family out <\/p>\n
Furthermore, the document, according to filings, makes no mention of Sunjay Kapur\u2019s mother, Rani Kapur \u2014 a glaring omission, Jethmalani said, for someone who had always provided for her. \u201cHer exclusion defies logic and decency,\u201d he told the court. \u201cIt shows this document was not written by a son, but by someone who wanted his mother erased from the estate.\u201d<\/p>\n
He claimed Priya Kapur now controls 60% of the estate directly, 12% through her son, and 75% of the Kapur family trust, calling it \u201cnot inheritance\u201d but \u201ca takeover \u2014 under the guise of widowhood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jethmalani also pointed out discrepancies including misspelt names, incorrect addresses, and an uncharacteristically informal tone. \u201cThese are not Sunjay\u2019s words,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are the words of someone pretending to be him.\u201d<\/p>\n
A web of contradictions<\/p>\n
According to the counsel, the will suffers from \u201cinfirmities at every stage \u2014 preparation, circulation, and delivery.\u201d He remarked, \u201cThere\u2019s silence where there should be signatures,\u201d adding that none of the parties associated with the document had clarified its origins.<\/p>\n
Jethmalani also questioned why the will had never been registered, saying, \u201cA man of his stature would not risk leaving a substantial personal estate open to dispute. If he intended Priya to be the sole beneficiary, he would have done it in writing, transparently, legally. Not like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next hearing<\/p>\n
The hearing \u2014 now in its third round \u2014 continues to draw attention. The Delhi High Court will resume hearings on October 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (October 14) heard new claims in the ongoing inheritance dispute over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[79,74280,18,3822,19,17,74281,234,235,9018,9025,74279],"class_list":{"0":"post-121914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-delhi-high-court-sunjay-kapur","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-htcity","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-karisma-kapoor-and-sunjay-kapur-marriage","15":"tag-personal-finance","16":"tag-personalfinance","17":"tag-sunjay-kapur","18":"tag-sunjay-kapur-death","19":"tag-sunjay-kapurs-will-challenged-by-his-children-in-delhi-court"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}