Sunjay Kapur inheritance row: Delhi HC urges family truce, says ‘blessings should not be turned into curse’
Hearing the matter, Justice Mini Pushkarna told the parties that “blessings should not be turned into curse” and emphasised the need for reconciliation.
The high court observed that efforts must be made on both sides, noting that “God has blessed you a lot with financial wealth. Try to respect your relations. All of you have suffered losses… live happily. This is the fruits of someone’s (late Surinder Kapur) labour.”
Sunjay Kapoor’s family, including his two children with actor Karisma Kapoor, his wife Priya Kapur and his mother, Rani Kapoor, are in the midst of a legal dispute over his inheritance. The industrialist died last year in June in the United Kingdom.
The judge suggested that lawyers representing the parties could work together toward a mutually beneficial resolution. “Lawyers can sit together and resolve for everyone’s benefit,” the court said, while also remarking on the complexity of the dispute, adding that “we all know that there are half truths and half false.”
Justice Pushkarna further said that continuing allegations and counter-allegations would not help the family. “Ultimately it’s for your own good. Allegations and counter allegations won’t take you anywhere,” the court observed, encouraging the parties to adopt a more constructive approach.
During the hearing, the court also addressed Priya Kapur, stating that she should recognise the origins of the family’s business empire. It noted that it was Rani’s husband “who has founded everything. It’s his empire.” Calling for reconciliation, the court asked counsel on both sides to take proactive steps toward a settlement and urged family members to show generosity in resolving differences. “All of you should have a large heart,” the judge said.The dispute is part of a broader inheritance battle over the assets of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, former chairman of Sona Comstar, who died of a heart attack in the UK on June 12 last year at the age of 53. His mother, 80-year-old Rani Kapur, has approached the High Court seeking to declare the “RK Family Trust/Rani Kapur Family Trust” fraudulent, null and void, restrain Priya Kapur from acting on it, and obtain a full account of the trust’s activities since inception.
Rani Kapur has described herself as the matriarch of a family that includes her two daughters, her late son Sunjay and their children — seven grandchildren in total. The dispute intensified after actor Karisma Kapoor’s children sought a share in their late father’s estimated Rs 30,000-crore assets.
Related proceedings have also reached the Supreme Court, where Priya Kapur sought certified copies of records from Karisma Kapoor’s 2016 divorce from Sunjay Kapur to clarify financial and child-custody arrangements made during his lifetime. While Priya has argued the request is directly linked to succession issues and causes no prejudice, Karisma’s counsel has termed the plea “frivolous” and an attempt to access confidential personal information.
The matter remains pending before the Delhi High Court.
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