‘Manifestly Forged Will’: Karisma Kapoor’s Children Allege Conspiracy in Sunjay Kapur Assets Case Before Delhi HC

Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, representing Karisma Kapoor’s children, told the Delhi High Court that the will concerning late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s ₹30,000-crore estate is a “manifestly forged document,” alleging it to be the outcome of a criminal conspiracy involving Priya Sachdev and others.

Jethmalani made the submission before a Bench presided over by Justice Jyoti Singh during the hearing of a plea filed by the Bollywood actor’s children, who are seeking a share in their late father’s estate.

“Sunjay’s digital footprints are not there; instead, these belong to the conspirators, including Priya Kapur. It is a crime, a serious offence under Section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, which prescribes life imprisonment for forgery of a will,” Jethmalani submitted.

Questioning Priya Kapur’s role, he remarked, “If Priya Kapur was confident about the veracity of the will, then why did she want an NDA (non-disclosure agreement)? Look at her conduct.” He added that most ominously, the deceased, Sunjay Kapur, had nothing to do with his own will.

Terming the case “a criminal conspiracy by four people,” Jethmalani said, “Let’s come to when all of this may have started. There is a chain of events. I’m not surprised that the written statement hasn’t come. We deliver on time, we complied. That’s the difference between somebody searching for the truth and somebody who wants to suppress it.”

Highlighting the mother’s position in the family trust, Jethmalani submitted, “Most importantly, the mother is the settlor. Is the son going to leave his mother penniless? What ungrateful son would do that, when she was the source of the entire wealth?”

He further claimed that Sunjay Kapur had no role in his own will. “In my pleadings, I have shown that between March 15 and 18, Sunjay was on holiday with his son Kian and returned only because his mother had fallen ill. Now, that very mother has been left penniless. This so-called will was modified on March 17, 2025, at 11:54 IST,” he said.

During the course of proceedings, Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar appeared for Priya Sachdev Kapur, Sunjay Kapur’s widow. The matter will next be taken up for hearing on October 13.

Earlier, on September 26, the High Court had permitted Priya Sachdev Kapur to submit a list of Sunjay Kapur’s movable and immovable assets in a sealed cover. Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing her application seeking permission to place the asset details confidentially, with an undertaking that neither party would disclose the information to the media.

Nayar assured the Court that neither he, nor other senior counsel, nor the client would make any press statement or leak any information concerning the case. The Court also recorded similar assurances from Jethmalani and the counsel for Rani Kapur, Sunjay’s mother.

On 10 September, the High Court issued notice on a plea filed by Bollywood actor Karisma Kapoor’s children, who are seeking a share in the Rs 30,000 crore estate of their father, the late Sunjay Kapur. The court had directed Defendant No. 1, Priya Kapur, Sunjay’s third wife, to disclose a complete list of all movable and immovable assets known to her. During the course of proceedings, Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for the plaintiffs, submitted that the will left behind by Sunjay Kapur was unregistered and completely excluded his children. He argued that the plaintiffs, comprising a 20-year-old daughter and a son, were seeking partition of their late father’s estate. 

The civil suit filed through their legal guardian and mother, Karisma Kapoor, the children have accused their stepmother Priya Kapur, Sunjay’s third wife, of forging his will and attempting to seize complete control of the sprawling business empire.

Notably, Karisma Kapoor married Sunjay Kapur in 2003. The couple had two children: daughter Samaira, born in 2005, and son Kiaan, born in 2011. Their marriage ended after 13 years, with a mutual consent divorce in 2016, under which Karisma retained custody of the children. The children, represented through their mother, have sought partition of the estate, rendition of accounts, and a permanent injunction against the defendants.

According to the suit, the defendants include Priya Kapur, her minor son Azarius, Sunjay’s mother Rani Kapur, and the purported executor of the will, Shradha Suri Marwah. It alleges that the children were excluded from the estate.The suit adds that Priya initially denied the existence of any will and claimed that all assets were held in the R.K. Family Trust. Later, however, she produced a will dated March 21, 2025, which allegedly bequeaths Sunjay Kapur’s entire personal estate to her.

The said will is now the centre of the controversy. The children contend that Priya, along with associates Dinesh Agarwal and Nitin Sharma, deliberately suppressed the will for over seven weeks before revealing it at a family meeting on July 30, 2025. Calling the will “forged and fabricated”, the suit highlights several suspicious circumstances: the original has not been shown to them, nor has any copy been provided. The children contend before the court that Priya is attempting to “usurp full control” of the estate to the exclusion of other legal heirs.

In their petition, the children have maintained that they shared a cordial relationship with their father and that he had assured them of their financial security. They claim that Sunjay had initiated ventures in their names, acquired assets for their benefit, and named them as beneficiaries.

The children have therefore asked the court to declare them Class I heirs and to award each a one-fifth share in the estate.As interim relief, they have sought freezing of all personal assets belonging to Sunjay Kapur until the matter is resolved.

Sunjay Kapur died suddenly on June 12, 2025, after collapsing during a polo match in England. While reports initially suggested he suffered an anaphylactic shock after swallowing a bee, the coroner ruled his death a natural one arising from underlying heart disease.

As far as Karisma Kapoor is concerned, reports have revealed that she has no claim in the will.

However, the death of business tycoon and Sona Comstar chairman Sunjay Kapur has triggered a spiralling inheritance battle over his estimated Rs 30,000 crore estate

Case Title: Ms. Samaira Kapur & Anr. v. Mrs. Priya Kapur & Ors.

Hearing Date: 9 October 2025

Bench: Justice Jyoti Singh