Delhi HC Protects Inheritance Rights Of Karisma Kapoor’s Children, Restrains Priya Kapur From Selling Assets

The Delhi High Court gave an interim relief to actor Karisma Kapoor’s children in the inheritance matter of their deceased father, Sunjay Kapur’s, assets. The children represented by their mother asked for an interim injunction restraining their step mother Priya Kapur from dissipating the assets left behind by their late father. Sunjay Kapur passed away in June 2025 in England. On July 30, 2025, his last Will was disclosed during a meeting, but questions were raised over its authenticity as it reportedly left all of Sunjay Kapur’s personal estate to Priya Kapur.

As the validity of the Will is under trial, Justice Jyoti Singh granted an interim relief and restrained Priya Kapur from transferring, pledging, or alienating the assets of her late husband, or changing the shareholding of his Indian companies. However, it clarified that Sunjay Kapur’s immovable properties abroad are not covered under the order.

The court also put restrictions on operating Sunjay’s foreign bank accounts and cryptocurrencies, according to media reports.

Sunjay Kapur’s assets are estimated at approximately Rs 30,000 crore, which includes his company Soma Comstar, an automotive technology firm. He married Karisma Kapoor in 2003, but the marriage ended after 13 years, in 2016. After the divorce, their children, one daughter and a son, remained with Karisma. Later, Sunjay Kapur married Priya Sachdev, and they had a son.

After Sunjay’s Will was disclosed, Karisma Kapoor’s children filed a petition against Priya Sachdev, her minor son, Sunjay’s mother Rani Kapur, and executor of the Will, Shradha Suri Marwah. They alleged that they have been wrongfully excluded from inheriting their late father's estate, and the Will was forged or fabricated. They approached the court for an injunction order until the Will’s authenticity could be established. They said they were Class I legal heir of Sunjay Kapur, and requested the court to divide the assets in equal parts, granting them each a one-fifth share in the assets.

Conversely, Priya Kapur’s counsel argued that the Will was genuine and the allegations against her are all wrong. They argued that a spelling mistake in the Will did not make it invalid.

However, the court clarified that the onus of proving the genuineness of the Will lay on Priya Kapur, and until the matter remained under trial, Sunjay Kapur’s assets could not be dissipated.

Note that in case of intestate succession (where a person dies without writing a Will), children from a previous marriage hold a statutory right to inherit the property of their biological parents, but if a valid Will exists, it supersedes the intestate succession. So, where there is a valid Will, it will show the way to bequeath the assets. This underscores how crucial it is to write a Will and, more importantly, a valid Will, to avoid disputes among loved ones after one is gone.