On day three in the Delhi High Court, late Sunjay Kapoor’s third wife, Priya Sachdev Kapur, produced a documentary and digital evidence against allegations by Karisma Kapoor’s children, Samaira (22) and Kiaan (15), that Sunjay Kapur’s will was forged. The estate in dispute is around 30,000 crore Indian rupees, including a 6.5% stake in AIPL and overseas properties.
Priya’s lawyer, Sheyl Trehan, produced a receipt showing payment of 95 lakh Indian rupees (approximately $105,000) per semester for Samaira’s US university, rebutting earlier claims by Karisma’s camp, including Mahesh Jethmalani, that two months’ fees were unpaid, the next instalment being due in December. Justice Singh admonished both sides: “I don’t want to spend more than 30 seconds on this.”
The defence presented a tight digital timeline. Drafter Nitin Sharma filed an affidavit, brought his laptop and produced screenshots, file histories and metadata showing Sunjay reviewed a draft on March 10, 2025, with the final version completed on March 17, 2025 – matching travel records. The chain of custody was mapped from the Word file to a signed PDF via an email trail with accountant Dinesh Agarwal; logs show Sunjay viewed the will on the Family Office WhatsApp group at 5.01 pm. The facts were in alignment.
A challenge to the signature was rebutted: the defence noted Karisma and her children had used the same signature to obtain 2,000 crore Indian rupees from the RK Family Trust and had not earlier questioned it. Attesting witnesses Sharma and Agarwal reaffirmed authenticity. The executor acknowledged receipt of the original will on June 24, 2025; the defence added that the plaintiffs did not request the will for several weeks after Sunjay’s death, focusing on the trust papers
Counsel stressed that will registration is not mandatory and probate is not required in Delhi for overseas assets. Senior advocate Rajiv Nayar called it “a healthy tradition” for a husband to leave assets to his wife. An interim injunction has been sought to restrain Priya from alienating assets; Priya’s lawyers say she has spent over 1 crore Indian rupees on the children’s welfare.