Priya Sachdev Kapur Allowed by Delhi HC to File Sunjay Kapur’s Assets in Sealed Cover

The Delhi High Court on Friday permitted Priya Sachdev Kapur, the third wife of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, to submit a list of his movable and immovable assets in a sealed cover.

Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing Kapur’s application seeking permission to place on record Sunjay Kapur’s asset details confidentially, with an undertaking that the parties would not disclose information to the media.

Recording the consensus between counsels, the Court said, “After canvassing arguments it is agreed that the list of assets of Sunjay Kapur, both movable and immovable, will be filed in court in a sealed cover, copies will be shared with the parties in the lis…”

Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar, appearing for Priya Kapur, submitted 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 noted a similar assurance from Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, counsel for Karisma Kapoor’s children, as well as from Rani Kapur and her counsel.

Separately, the Court heard an application by Rani Kapur seeking directions to Priya Kapur and another defendant to provide her a copy of Sunjay Kapur’s Will. Counsel informed the Bench that the Original Will had already been filed in Court.

Justice Singh ordered that a copy be provided to Rani Kapur, subject to an undertaking that neither she nor her counsel would leak the document to the media and would use it discreetly.

During the hearing, Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, representing the children of Karisma Kapoor, strongly opposed the sealed cover process. “In this case, confidentiality is a cloak under which you fritter away the assets. Is this matter something that requires confidentiality? I don’t think it does. I need sunlight in this case because I have not been told about the assets,” he said.

He further alleged, “Assets under the Will were appropriated by Priya Kapur to herself. Two bank accounts have been wiped clean, and a 6% share in a company has been appropriated to the defendant. According to this bogus Will, Karisma Kapoor’s children are being deprived of everything. For me there is no confidentiality. I can point out prima facie that activity is suspicious.”

Justice Singh also raised a pointed question: why should there be a sealed cover process in a partition suit, when confidentiality is typically invoked in other types of cases?

Countering these submissions, Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar argued that the intent was to prevent media sensationalism. “Every day there is a media trial, my Lords. Apart from Mr. Modi, this is the only news. I am inviting a gag order upon myself. We are concerned with the case; we are interested in the disposal of the case. All I am saying is we are not supposed to debate assets in the public domain. I have done everything for the children, I have paid for the children’s school, but people should not go to the press.”

Yesterday, the Court had observed that such an arrangement could be “problematic.” The judge noted, “As alleged beneficiaries to the estate of late Sunjay Kapoor, they have the right to question the assets disclosed. If tomorrow they have to verify the assets and they are bound by a confidentiality clause, how will they ever defend this case? If they are part of a confidentiality club, they will be circumscribed by confidentiality completely. I am happy to accept any suggestion that does not hamper the rights of any party to this case.”

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. Notably, Kapur had passed away during a polo match. 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.

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: 26 September 2025

Bench: Justice Jyoti Singh