Late businessman Sunjay Kapur’s mother Rani Kapur told the Delhi High Court on Monday that there has been a “massive concealment” of her son’s assets by his wife Priya Sachdev Kapur. .Senior Advocate Vaibhav Gaggar appeared for Rani Kapur today and stated that his son’s annual salary from just one company was ₹60 crore, and yet his bank balance shows less than ₹2 crore along with crypto assets of around ₹1.29 crore. He said that Priya Kapur has hidden the details from the Court, and there is a suspicion that the money has been moved abroad. “Massive concealment. This house [farmhouse in Delhi’s Rajokri area] is built by my late husband. There are more than 50 pieces of artwork there… This gentleman [Sunjay Kapur] had no life insurance, no rental income, and mutual funds? Just his salary was ₹60 crore, and we are saying that he has only ₹1.7 crore in his accounts,” he said. Gaggar asked the Court to pass a direction to Priya Kapur to furnish details about her and Sunjay Kapur’s assets going back two years and stated that an interim order must be passed for status quo ante. “My Lady may seek details of 2 years, not just of Mr Kapur but also of Defendant No 1 [Priya Kapur] because the money has moved. Any interim order must be in the nature of status quo ante because the money has moved across borders, potentially,” he said. Gaggar argued that Rani Kapur and her late husband built the company together and even though her husband had bequeathed the entire assets to her, she has not even been mentioned in Sunjay Kapur’s Will. “An 80-year-old has been told today that she has not even been mentioned in the Will. There is not even a whisper about her. That she has no ownership in the company built by her husband, which was exclusively left to her.”.The senior counsel was making submissions before Justice Jyoti Singh, who was hearing the interim injunction application filed by Karisma Kapoor’s two children to restrain Priya Kapur from creating any third-party rights over their father Sunjay Kapur’s assets. In the main suit, the siblings have accused stepmother Priya Kapur (the third wife of Sunjay Kapur) of forging Sunjay Kapur's will and trying to gain total control of the property. Karisma Kapoor and Sunjay Kapur were married for 13 years, from 2003 to 2016 before getting divorced. They have a son and a daughter together. Sunjay later married Priya. Central to the dispute is a will dated March 21, 2025, which allegedly leaves Sunjay Kapur’s entire personal estate to Priya Sachdeva Kapur..Gaggar today said that Rani Kapur is joining hands with Karisma Kapoor’s assertion that the Will produced by Priya Kapur is not genuine. He also challenged Priya Kapur’s assertion that a husband bequeathing his personal assets to his wife is a Kapur family tradition since Sunjay Kapur’s father had also willed his entire property to Rani Kapur. He said that two marriages are fundamentally different. “How can you compare the two? She [Priya Kapur] was married to Sunjay for seven years. This was his third and her second marriage. I was married to my husband for forty years. The distinction doesn’t end here. Our Will was registered. The witness to our Will was a person whom my husband had known for 30 years. Here, the witness says he wasn’t even associated with the company before 2022,” Gaggar stressed. He also argued that since the day of Sunjay Kapur’s death, Priya Kapur has been trying to gain control of the assets and the company Sona Comstar. As Gaggar concluded his arguments, the Court said it will hear the matter next on December 3. .Gaggar was instructed by Vidhii Partners team led by Smriti Churiwal, Jaiveer Kant and Meher Thapar.Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani with advocates Saurav Agrawal, Ravi Sharma, Akhil Sachar and Adhiraj Harish appeared for the plaintiffs. They were briefed by Lexster Law LLP through Shantanu Agrawal (Partner), Manas Arora, Madhulika Rai Sharma, Syed Hamza, Ananya Garg, Prachi Dubey, Samayra Adhlakha, Tushar Nair and Mehak Joshi.Priya Sachdev Kapur and her minor son were represented by Senior Advocates Rajiv Nayar and Shyel Trehan. They were briefed by Bahuguna Law Associates through Senior Partner Meghna Mishra, Partner Designate Ankit Rajgarhia, Principal Associate Tarun Sharma and Associate Rohit Kumar..Follow Bar and Bench channel on WhatsAppDownload the Bar and Bench Mobile app for instant access to the latest legal news.
