The battle over the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s Will, has already grow to be one of the closely watched legal disputes considering its connection to Sunjay’s children with actress Karisma Kapoor, Samaira and Kiaan. It has further intensified within the Delhi High Court as recent arguments forged doubt on the credibility of Priya Kapur’s defence.
Priya Kapur’s ‘position swap’ defence faces major setback in Sunjay Kapur Will case: Court flags power grab, missing attachment and “suspicious suppression”
Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, representing Samaira and Kiaan, dismantled Priya Kapur’s long-standing claim that her 2023 exit from Automotive India Pvt Ltd (AIPL) was a consensual “position swap” with Sunjay. As an alternative, he described her removal on 31 May 2023 as a direct fallout of marital discord—arguing that corporate filings reveal she neither became Managing Director of Raghuvanshi Investment Pvt Ltd (RIPL) nor held any role in the corporate.
Based on Jethmalani, “Priya was never made the MD of RIPL… She was faraway from AIPL,” countering her assertions of a smooth corporate restructuring. The absence of any parallel appointment, he said, undermines her narrative of a stable blended family and seamless transition—an especially relevant point given her repeated references to cordial ties with Karisma Kapoor’s children.
What followed Sunjay’s death in June 2023 is now under even sharper scrutiny. Records presented in court show Priya was appointed as a director of AIPL a day after his passing, and reinstated herself as Managing Director inside every week. Jethmalani argued this reflected not continuity, but opportunism: “She was not on top of things when Sunjay was alive. She sought control only after his passing.”
The company timeline, the plaintiffs argue, aligns too conveniently with the sudden appearance of a contested Will—a document central to determining the legal rights of Sunjay’s heirs, including Karisma’s children.
Complicating matters further is the conduct of the named executor Shradha Suri Marwah, who, in response to submissions, neither pursued probate nor took charge of Sunjay’s assets as required. Jethmalani contended that an executor cannot selectively implement parts of a Will. The court was also told that Shradha claimed to have “deleted” an important email attachment containing the alleged Will—despite the e-mail itself being produced in court.
“You can’t delete the attachment without deleting the e-mail,” Jethmalani argued, highlighting what he described as an “unattainable explanation” and pointing to the suspicious disappearance of a supporting document that appeared in an earlier email but not in the ultimate version.
With the matter listed again for December 22, the court will proceed to look at inconsistencies around Priya’s corporate role, post-death actions, and the missing attachment—issues that now lie at the center of a dispute carrying significant implications for Sunjay Kapur’s children, his legacy, and the companies he once helmed.
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