NEW DELHI: Contesting the will of late businessman Sunjay Kapur , his children from ex-wife Karisma Kapoor claimed before Delhi high court Monday that there were "glaring errors" and contradictions in the document, including wrongly spelled names and addresses of the plaintiffs.
Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani , appearing for the children Samaira and Kiaan, alleged that the will attributed to Sunjay was a fabricated document filled with suspicious details. "This will has every hallmark of forgery," he contended before Justice Jyoti Singh.
"He was very close to his children. How could he have written his daughter's address incorrectly and misspelled his son's name in multiple places in the will," the counsel wondered, adding that the will "demeans" the late businessman.
"It is so casual. There are glaring errors in this will. This is not a will which Sunjay Kapur prepared, read or made," he said, claiming there was no evidence that anybody else except the children's stepmother, Priya Kapur, created the will with help from some others.
"We've only seen a copy. The original hasn't been inspected yet," he said. He pointed out several mistakes in the will, including missing details about assets such as jewellery and cryptocurrency, calling them "completely uncharacteristic of Sunjay Kapur, who was always meticulous".
"It makes no sense" that Sunjay, while vacationing with his son, would modify a will saved on someone else's device, he said. Jethmalani said the first draft of the will was created on Feb 10, 2025, on the device of Nitin Sharma , and later modified on March 17 and March 24, despite the will being said to have been executed on March 21.
"If the will was finalised on the 21st, why was it modified again three days later? There are now two versions," he said. He maintained that the document's metadata showed it was "transferred from another computer", raising doubts about its authenticity. "The note at the bottom of the file itself says it might be blocked because it came from another system, which makes its source highly doubtful," Jethmalani said, calling it "an uncertified and unreliable document".
The senior counsel questioned the WhatsApp chats allegedly used to share the will, saying screenshots were taken from two different phones, and no digital evidence certificate had been submitted. "There was a race to deliver the will immediately after the cremation," Jethmalani said, adding that the original document was circulated among the defendants on the day condolences were offered.
Warning that forgery of such a crucial document is punishable with life imprisonment, Jethmalani alleged that those who helped Priya benefited directly. "Nitin Sharma became a company director just a day after the funeral," he said, claiming there was "enough evidence" to conduct a probe, and to seek status quo on the movement of Sunjay Kapur's assets.
The HC will continue to hear the matter Tuesday.
Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani , appearing for the children Samaira and Kiaan, alleged that the will attributed to Sunjay was a fabricated document filled with suspicious details. "This will has every hallmark of forgery," he contended before Justice Jyoti Singh.
"He was very close to his children. How could he have written his daughter's address incorrectly and misspelled his son's name in multiple places in the will," the counsel wondered, adding that the will "demeans" the late businessman.
"It is so casual. There are glaring errors in this will. This is not a will which Sunjay Kapur prepared, read or made," he said, claiming there was no evidence that anybody else except the children's stepmother, Priya Kapur, created the will with help from some others.
"We've only seen a copy. The original hasn't been inspected yet," he said. He pointed out several mistakes in the will, including missing details about assets such as jewellery and cryptocurrency, calling them "completely uncharacteristic of Sunjay Kapur, who was always meticulous".
"It makes no sense" that Sunjay, while vacationing with his son, would modify a will saved on someone else's device, he said. Jethmalani said the first draft of the will was created on Feb 10, 2025, on the device of Nitin Sharma , and later modified on March 17 and March 24, despite the will being said to have been executed on March 21.
"If the will was finalised on the 21st, why was it modified again three days later? There are now two versions," he said. He maintained that the document's metadata showed it was "transferred from another computer", raising doubts about its authenticity. "The note at the bottom of the file itself says it might be blocked because it came from another system, which makes its source highly doubtful," Jethmalani said, calling it "an uncertified and unreliable document".
The senior counsel questioned the WhatsApp chats allegedly used to share the will, saying screenshots were taken from two different phones, and no digital evidence certificate had been submitted. "There was a race to deliver the will immediately after the cremation," Jethmalani said, adding that the original document was circulated among the defendants on the day condolences were offered.
Warning that forgery of such a crucial document is punishable with life imprisonment, Jethmalani alleged that those who helped Priya benefited directly. "Nitin Sharma became a company director just a day after the funeral," he said, claiming there was "enough evidence" to conduct a probe, and to seek status quo on the movement of Sunjay Kapur's assets.
The HC will continue to hear the matter Tuesday.
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