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Karisma Kapoor's children contest will, seek share of estate

Published 11 September 2025

The two children of actor Karisma Kapoor on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking a share in the estate of their late father, industrialist Sunjay Kapur, and challenged a will that they say was manufactured to leave the entire personal estate to their stepmother, Priya Sachdev Kapur. The suit, filed on behalf of Samaira and Kiaan and expected to be heard next on October 9, asks the court to declare them Class I legal heirs, order partition and rendition of accounts, and grant injunctions to prevent transfer or disposal of assets pending resolution.

Sunjay Kapur died on June 12, 2025 after suffering a cardiac arrest during a polo match. The plaintiffs say a purported will dated March 21, 2025 was disclosed to family members only weeks after his death, after repeated assurances from Priya Sachdev that no will existed. The children allege the document is forged and was produced under suspicious circumstances by two individuals close to Priya, and that the executor, identified in filings as Shradha Suri Marwah, had learned of it only a day earlier.

In court on Wednesday, the bench issued summons to the defendants and directed Priya Sachdev Kapur to file a list of all movable...

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