In a courtroom drama worthy of the silver screen, the explosive Rs30,000 crore inheritance battle over the estate of late tycoon Sunjay Kapur has entered a high-voltage latest phase. On Thursday, a judicial order sent shockwaves through Delhi’s power circles and Bollywood’s inner sanctum because the court mandated forensic and handwriting evaluation of the controversial Will that would determine control of a sprawling corporate empire.
Karisma Kapoor’s children win key round as Delhi Court orders forensic test of Sunjay Kapur’s will
Gagan Deep Jindal, Joint Registrar (Judicial) of the Delhi High Court, gave the green light for independent scientific scrutiny of the disputed document, siding with a relentless campaign by Samaira and Kiaan Kapur, Kapur’s children from his marriage to screen icon Karisma Kapoor. Since November 2025, the siblings have demanded that the Might be subjected to expert examination, insisting that only forensic testing can answer swirling questions on how and when the document was created, and whether it truly reflects their father’s final wishes.
The court also denied Priya and Azarius adjournment, stating that the mother-son duo has “did not file the reply inside the time granted to them and it seems they’re deliberately delaying the adjudication of the interim application.”
The order — put out by the court on Saturday, February 28 — may come as a setback for Priya Kapur, who, along together with her six-year-old son Azarius, stood as the only real objector to forensic inspection. No other stakeholder opposed the move. The Will’s executor, Shraddha Suri Marwah, raised no objection. Nor did Sunjay Kapur’s mother, Rani Kapur. That isolation didn’t go unnoticed in court.
Priya Kapur has maintained that the Will was prepared and signed in her presence and that she handed it to the executor on the family’s Rajokri residence, whilst it was allegedly circulated electronically. She further asserts that she is the only real beneficiary of Kapur’s business empire, which incorporates majority ownership of auto components group Sona Comstar (through promoter group firms comparable to RK Family Trust), and moved swiftly after Sunjay Kapur’s death to assume control of key Sona Group entities.
Yet despite being the document’s propounder and first beneficiary, she has vigorously resisted forensic examination. Her counsel argued on Thursday that the Will, filed in sealed cover under a non-disclosure arrangement, shouldn’t be exposed to third-party experts (for even forensic scrutiny) and that the Registrar lacked authority to order such scrutiny.
Each arguments were rejected. Counsel for Samaira Kapur cited statutory provisions empowering the Registrar to allow forensic evaluation and dismissed the suggestion that confidentiality could shield a testamentary instrument from a scientific review. Inspection will now proceed under court supervision inside High Court premises, the registrar observed in the course of the hearing.
In high-value probate disputes, forensic examination of handwriting, ink and paper is standard practice. Additional hearings on the preservation of call detail records and production of mobile devices (of Sunjay Kapur and Priya Kapur) are scheduled for March 10. For Samaira and Kiaan, the order represents a hard-won milestone. For Priya Kapur, it crystallises a central tension: in looking for to dam independent verification, she has amplified the doubts the forensic process is now set to check.
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