Priya Kapur presented a strong defence in the ongoing legal battle over late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s will during a recent hearing on Wednesday in the Delhi High Court. Senior advocate Rajiv Nayyar, representing Priya, described the dispute as “wife versus wife,” arguing that “obviously the current wife would be preferred over the estranged one.”
Priya Kapur`s argument
Nayyar, along with Priya Kapur’s legal team, raised questions on the maintainability of the suit filed by actor Karisma Kapoor’s children, saying their challenge to the will was baseless. Defending the authenticity of the will, Priya reportedly told the court, “If the will is forged, will I spell my own son’s name wrong?”
Nayyar also argued that Sunjay Kapur had not excluded his children but instead had made provisions for them separately, saying, “He didn’t provide for the children in the will because he provided for them in the trust.” The advocate also urged the Delhi High Court to dismiss the plea filed by actor Karisma Kapoor’s children. He went on to call their challenge to Sunjay Kapur’s will “bogus.”
He argued that the children`s claim lacked merit, saying, “It’s a fit case to turn down the plaint. The claim is bereft of cause — they never challenged the will.” He also alleged that the children were fully aware of the will before filing the suit, and hence their objections were baseless.
Nayyar told the court, “It’s a bogus challenge, they knew about the will prior to the filing of the suit,” noting that the meeting concerning the will had taken place at the Taj Hotel, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Delhi High Court.
He further asked, “How will you set up a case for forgery without having the foundation in the pleadings?” while dismissing the plaintiffs’ contention regarding the timing of the will’s discovery. He asked, “Is the discovery of the will after seven weeks a ground to challenge the will?”
Karisma Kapoor`s kids point out errors in the will
In Tuesday`s hearing, the advocate representing Karisma Kapoor`s kids, argued that the will`s language and drafting could not have been the handiwork of Sunjay Kapur, pointing to multiple irregularities, including the use of feminine pronouns such as “she” and “her” to describe the testator. “It is absurd that the Will refers to Sunjay Kapur as a woman. It shows the audacity of those who have produced such a document in court,” he said.
Actor Karisma Kapoor`s children on Monday questioned the authenticity of the purported will of their late father Sunjay Kapur before the Delhi High Court, claiming there were “glaring errors” in the document and it could not have been prepared by him.
The counsel appearing for Samaira and Kiaan Raj made the submission before Justice Jyoti Singh during the hearing of their plea challenging their late father`s purported will of his assets, which is reportedly worth Rs 30,000 crore.
The counsel claimed there were “bloopers” in the wills, which were “very uncharacteristic” of Sunjay Kapur. “He had a very good relationship with his children. How can he have written his daughter`s address wrong and misspelt his son`s name in multiple places in the will,” the counsel said.
He added that the will “demeans” Sunjay Kapur. “It is so casual. There are glaring errors in this will. This is not a will which Sunjay Kapur had prepared, read or made,” he said. The counsel added that there was no evidence that anybody prepared the will except the children`s stepmother, Priya Kapur and others. “If this will is a forgery, then only one person could have forged it,” the counsel said.
(With inputs from PTI)