Late industrialist SunjayKapur’s mother alleges he removed his wife, Priya, from the company board

Sunjay’s mother has now alleged that he removed his wife, PriyaSachdevKapur, from SonaComstar’s holding company before his death.

The legal battle of the late industrialist SunjayKapur’s estate continues to intensify as his mother, Rani Kapur, has now alleged that her son had removed his wife, PriyaSachdevKapur, from his holding company before his death.

Rani Kapur accuses Priya of grabbing control of the assets and the company.

During the hearing in the Delhi High Court on Monday, Rani Kapur claimed that Sunjay had removed Priya from the company’s board in 2023 itself, as he wanted to ‘reverse’ something. She has alleged that Priya moved swiftly to take charge of Sunjay’s properties and business interests instead of mourning his passing. Rani Kapur claimed that Sunjay had removed Priya from his company, SonaComstar’s holding firm AIPL, on 31 March 2023, telling the investors that “something needed to be reversed.” Rani said that this was inconsistent with Priya taking charge of the company as MD less than a week after Sunjay’s death in June this year, and regaining her place as a director the following week.

Rani Kapur claims she is unaware that Sunjay has made any will.

Rani Kapur further said that she was unaware of any will that Sunjay made and that the document presented by Priya is likely to be fake, as it was inconsistent with ‘Sunjay’s lifelong acknowledgement that he owed everything to his mother’. Rani’s counsel argued, “If he truly intended to leave me out, he would have said so expressly.”

The case arises from a suit filed by the children of Karisma Kapoor, ex-wife of SunjayKapur, against Priya, alleging that Priya forged their father’s will and excluded them from his estate. Samaira and Kiaan Raj Kapoor have moved the court and sought an interim injunction restraining Priya from dealing with or diminishing their father’s assets until the court decides the validity of the will.