Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Priya Kapur's Plea To Dismiss Rani Kapur's Suit Over 'Fraudulent' Family Trust

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice in an application filed by late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Kapur seeking dismissal of her mother in law's suit alleging that she, along with others, orchestrated a “fraudulent family trust” to unlawfully strip the mother in law of the entire estate.Justice Mini Pushkarna sought response of Rani Kapur to the application within four weeks and directed that rejoinder, if any, be filed within two weeks. The fresh application has been filed by Priya Kapur under Section 151 of CPC seeking dismissal of the suit on the grounds of gross abuse of process and alleging that Rani Kapur played fraud upon the Court by concealing material facts and making false statements. The Court also issued notice on another application filed by Priya Kapur under Section 279 of BNSS read with Section 227 of BNSS.The matter will be heard on March 23. Senior Advocate Akhil Sibal appeared for Priya Kapur. On January 29, the Court had issued summons in the suit filed against Priya Kapur and actress Karisma Kapoor's children. 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 ORS

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Priya Kapur's Plea To Dismiss Rani Kapur's Suit Over 'Fraudulent' Family Trust

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