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Priya Kapur argued that the court cannot stop her from claiming Sunjay Kapur’s US-UK assets, and that such matters must be determined by the courts in those foreign jurisdictions<\/h2>\n
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Sunjay Kapur’s will has been the centre of a heated legal battle between his widow and his second wife Karishma Kapoor’s children.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The Delhi High Court hearing in the inheritance dispute involving the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur was dominated by jurisdiction over his foreign assets and the nature of his wife Priya Kapur\u2019s corporate exit from Aureus Investments Pvt Ltd in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

Priya Kapur argued that the court cannot stop her from claiming Sunjay Kapur\u2019s US-UK assets, and that such matters must be determined by the courts in those foreign jurisdictions. The side representing Sunjay\u2019s former wife Karisma Kapoor\u2019s children, Samaira and Kiaan, argued over the authenticity of the purported will and challenged Priya\u2019s claims of an orderly corporate transition suggesting instead that her reacquisition of control over the company, Aureus Investments Pvt Ltd (AIPL), occurred rapidly and opportunistically immediately following their father\u2019s death.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arguments were also raised regarding the executor\u2019s failure to fulfil their mandatory duties under the alleged will and a highly suspicious incident involving a \u201cdeleted email” attachment critical to the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

WHAT DID PRIYA KAPUR SAY?<\/h4>\n

Priya Kapur and her minor son contended that the Delhi High Court \u201cdoes not have jurisdiction to injunct them from dealing with foreign assets in the UK and the US”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her counsel submitted that foreign assets are a matter of foreign jurisdiction, and the high court cannot stop them from seeking title of Sunjay\u2019s immovable properties abroad. Senior advocate Akhil Sibal, representing the minor son, concurred, arguing that a status quo order on immovable assets in the US and UK must be determined by the courts of jurisdiction where the property is situated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, representing Karisma Kapoor\u2019s children, challenged the premise. He argued that the court could pass an order restraining Priya Kapur from \u201cmisusing the (alleged) forged will” to seek title of the properties located abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n

The children are seeking to restrain Priya from alienating Sunjay\u2019s assets and have challenged the authenticity of the purported will.<\/span><\/p>\n

WHAT DID THE OTHER SIDE SAY?<\/h4>\n

Jethmalani, meanwhile, argued that Priya Kapur\u2019s removal as managing director of AIPL on May 31, 2023, was an \u201couster, not a \u2018position swap'”, dismantling a key plank of her defence.<\/span><\/p>\n

He characterised the removal as resulting from a serious marital breakdown. He said it was \u201cfactually incorrect” that Priya was moved to Raghuvanshi Investment Pvt Ltd (RIPL) while Sunjay took her AIPL role, asserting: \u201cThere was no swap, she was not even the director of the company.”<\/span><\/p>\n

He produced records from the ministry of corporate affairs to support the argument that she was never managing director or director of RIPL. He argued that her rapid reoccupation of power after Sunjay\u2019s demise was a calculated \u201cpost-death power grab”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunjay Kapur died on June 12, and Jethmalani noted that only a day later, on June 13, Priya was appointed a director of AIPL, and by June 20, she had reinstated herself as managing director.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe was not in control when Sunjay was alive,” Jethmalani argued. \u201cShe sought control only after his passing.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunjay\u2019s contested will also came into play, with Jethmalani questioning the conduct of the named executor, Shardha Suri Marwah, who failed to probate it or take control of assets. The court heard arguments concerning the alleged \u201chighly suspicious suppression” of a key attachment related to the will.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Marwah claimed she \u201cdeleted” an email attachment containing the will, Jethmalani argued, \u201cYou cannot delete the attachment without deleting the email.” He pointed out that the email itself was produced in court.<\/span><\/p>\n

Justice Jyoti Singh concluded hearing arguments on the interim injunction application and directed both parties to file written submissions. The case is listed for further consideration on December 22.<\/span><\/p>\n

(With agency inputs)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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