Delhi High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Rani Kapur's Plea Against Priya Kapur, Karisma Kapoor's Children Over 'Fraudulent' Family Trust

The Delhi High Court will hear on Thursday (January 29), a suit moved by late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's mother, Rani Kapur against her daughter-in-law Priya Kapur and actress Karisma Kapoor's children alleging that they orchestrated a “fraudulent family trust” to unlawfully strip her of her entire estate.The matter was listed on Wednesday (January 28) before Justice Vikas Mahajan, who recused from hearing the matter and directed that it be listed tomorrow before another bench."List before another bench, after obtaining orders from the judge in charge original side..." the court said.The 80-year-old widow has alleged that the “RK Family Trust/Rani Kapur Family Trust” is fraudulent, null and void, and that her entire estate and family legacy were illegally diverted into the said trust without her knowledge or consent.Kapur has said that the alleged fraud perpetrated upon her was only discovered post the demise of her son who passed away on June 12, 2025.The suit names 23 defendants, including Priya Kapur, her son Azarias Kapur; Karisma Kapoor's children- Samaira Kapur and Kiaan Kapur; her daughter Mandhira Kapur Smith and her two children.According to the suit, Rani Kapur is the sole beneficiary and legatee of the estate of her late husband, Dr. Surinder Kapur, promoter of the Sona Group of Companies. Dr. Kapur passed away in June 2015, leaving behind a Will dated February 6, 2013, under which his entire estate, including shareholding in various Sona Group companies, devolved upon her.As per the suit, the Will was duly probated by the Bombay High Court in January 2016, after all three of her children gave their no-objection .The suit alleges that despite this, her assets were siphoned off over several years through a “complex web of illegal transactions” and parked into the RK Family Trust, purportedly created in or around October 2017, without her consent.Rani Kapur has claimed that immediately after Sunjay Kapur's demise, her daughter-in-law took swift steps to assume control over key Sona Group companies, including securing appointments as director and managing director within days of the funeral rites, without informing or consulting her.It has further been alleged that Rani Kapur's access to company information was blocked by falsely claiming that her email account had been “hacked”, and a new email ID was created and used without her knowledge to effect changes in the trust and company management.Terming the RK Family Trust as “illegal, fraudulent and unregistered”, Rani Kapur has sought restoration of her entire estate and legacy as it existed prior to the creation of the impugned trust.For context, the Delhi High Court has reserved order on the interim relief sought by actress Karisma Kapoor's children- Samaira Kapur and her brother, in their suit seeking a share in their late father's personal assets.Case title: RANI KAPUR V/s PRIYA SACHDEV KAPUR AND ORSCS(OS)-69/2026

Delhi High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Rani Kapur's Plea Against Priya Kapur, Karisma Kapoor's Children Over 'Fraudulent' Family Trust

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