Delhi HC Raises Concern Over Priya Kapur’s Plea to File Sunjay Kapur’s Assets in Sealed Cover

Priya Sachdeva Kapoor, wife of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, has filed a fresh application before the Delhi High Court seeking permission to submit a list of Sunjay Kapur’s assets in a sealed cover, with the parties bound by confidentiality.

Justice Jyoti Singh 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.”

Court further remarked that any party defending the case would necessarily need access to the documents, adding, “Any suggestion that benefits all and prejudices none, I will accept.”

Senior Advocate Shyel Trehan, appearing for Priya Kapoor, pressed for confidentiality, citing serious financial implications, cybersecurity concerns, and the repeated leakage of pleadings to the media. “After hearings are over, there are press conferences being held outside the gate. What is happening here is a situation where everything is being leaked,” she argued.

Trehan informed the court that she would place concrete suggestions on record by tomorrow, September 26.

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.

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 plea, 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. The death of business tycoon and Sona Comstar chairman Sunjay Kapur has triggered a spiraling inheritance battle over his estimated Rs 30,000 crore estate

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

Hearing Date: 25 September 2025

Bench: Justice Jyoti Singh