New Delhi – In a dramatic escalation of a family feud over a vast industrial fortune, the Delhi High Court has delved into serious claims of forgery surrounding the last will of Sunjay Kapur, the late Sona BLW automotive group heir. His children from his marriage to Bollywood actor Karisma Kapoor have accused third wife Priya Kapur of orchestrating a fabricated document that purportedly redirects his ₹30,000-crore estate entirely to her.
The case, which gripped the courtroom on October 13, centers on a will dated March 21, 2025 – just days before Kapur’s untimely death. Filed by Samaira and Kiaan Kapur, the petition targets Priya Kapur, her son, Kapur’s mother Rani Kapur, and Shradha Suri Marwah, named as the will’s executor. The siblings contend the instrument was digitally concocted, lacking any genuine trace of their father’s involvement.
Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, representing the petitioners, laid bare a web of digital irregularities before the bench. “This was not the product of the deceased’s hand or mind,” he asserted, labeling it a “manufactured document” born on the computer of Nitin Sharma, a stranger to Kapur’s inner circle. Metadata, Jethmalani revealed, pins the file’s creation to March 17, 2025 – a day when Kapur was vacationing in Goa with young Kiaan. “It defies logic that he would rewrite his will on holiday while disinheriting his own children,” the counsel pressed.
The timeline grew murkier: the file morphed into a PDF on March 24 at 10:06 a.m., mere hours before a WhatsApp group called ‘Family Office IC’ sprang up. This chat, linking Sharma, Priya Kapur, and Dinesh Agarwal of Aureus Investment Pvt Ltd – a Sona BLW promoter entity – served as the conduit for circulating the will. Jethmalani highlighted unexplained tweaks that day, alongside dual drafts for Kapur and Priya’s wills, neither mutual nor corroborated. “Two wills were being simultaneously prepared… they had also spoken about signed wills, and the message was acknowledged by Priya. Not Sunjay,” he noted.
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Scrutiny of Agarwal’s phone yielded further anomalies: no group chat records, and the ‘SK Will’ file marked as viewed but unread. Jethmalani decried the shift from certified emails to unverified WhatsApp exchanges, branding the latter as potential fabrications. “This is a case where almost every circumstance which could be suspicious is present,” he told the court. “No lawyer drafted the will. A layman witness was taken. The contents of the will are so ridiculous.”
Forensic traces paint a picture of clandestine meddling, with unidentified edits persisting before and after Kapur’s passing. The document only emerged on the 13th day post-cremation, its storage and custody shrouded in mystery. “The entire chain of custody is broken,” Jethmalani emphasized.
Compounding the doubts are blatant flaws within the text itself. The will omits critical assets – Kapur’s New York apartment, a 2010 family trust, and troves of jewelry, art, and metals – while mangling bank account details. Absent is any asset schedule, a staple in such documents, rendering it “a serious procedural lapse.” Jethmalani underscored factual howlers: botched addresses for Samaira and Kiaan, plus five erratic spellings of infant son Azarias’ name. “These are not clerical errors,” he argued. “A Harvard-educated industrialist of Sunjay Kapur’s precision could not have drafted a document this casual. A meticulous and affectionate father would never commit such mistakes.”
Evoking Kapur’s persona – a University of Buckingham and Harvard Business School alumnus, renowned for paternal devotion – Jethmalani implored: “He never missed Kiaan’s birthdays. The idea that such a man would exclude his children is beyond belief.” His plea culminated in a stark demand: “This will should be cast into the dustbin of history. It bears no mark of the deceased’s hand or heart.”
The bench, acknowledging “substantial questions” on authenticity and coherence, deferred proceedings to October 14 for deeper probes into the digital audit and custody trail. Priya Kapur’s legal team countered with assurances of “unimpeachable electronic evidence,” rejecting all tampering claims.
As this saga unfolds, it lays bare the fractures in one of India’s most prominent business dynasties, with stakes that could redefine legacies built on steel and ambition.
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