The Delhi High Court on Monday heard a series of startling revelations in the inheritance dispute surrounding late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, scion of the Sona BLW automotive group. The hearing turned intense after advocates for Kapur and actress Karisma Kapoor’s children – Samaira and Kiaan Kapur, who alleged that their father’s will was digitally fabricated to divert his estimated Rs 30,000 crore estate to his third wife Priya Kapur.
What began as a quiet family inheritance issue has evolved into a courtroom thriller has raised serious questions about the credibility of digital evidence in Indian inheritance law. Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, representing the two children, described the will as “not the product of the deceased’s hand or mind” but a “manufactured document” created elsewhere.
A Will “Born on Another Man’s Computer”
According to Jethmalani, the metadata from the electronic file tells a troubling story. The will, he said was created on the computer of Nitin Sharma a man with no formal connection to Sunjay Kapur. “Who prepared this will?” Jethmalani asked. “The file was created and altered on Sharma’s system on March 17, 2025 – the same day Sunjay was in Goa with his son Kiaan. It defies logic that he would rewrite his will on holiday while disinheriting his own children.” And the will was later converted into a PDF on March 24 at 10:06 a.m., just hours before a WhatsApp group called Family Office IC was formed to circulate it among a select few – Sharma, Priya Kapur and Dinesh Agarwal, director of Aureus Investment Pvt. Ltd., part of the Sona BLW promoter group.
“Immediately after the document was shared,” Jethmalani told the court, “Priya Kapur responded, ‘Okay, thank you!’ – with no surprise or hesitation. It reads like an acknowledgment of a task completed, not an endorsement from the deceased.”
Digital Footprints and Missing Links
Further Jethmalani also argued upon that the file showed multiple edits before and after Sunjay’s death, suggesting “a secretive and coordinated effort.” The will, he said, appeared only on the 13th day after the cremation, with no explanation for where it had been kept or who had custody. “The entire chain of custody is broken,” he added, stressing that this gap undermined its validity.
Contradictions in the Document
The alleged will also contains internal inconsistencies. It lists three bank accounts in one section and six in another, omits key assets such as Kapur’s New York apartment, his 2010 family trust, and several jewellery and art holdings. “These are not clerical errors,” Jethmalani said. “A Harvard-educated industrialist of Sunjay Kapur’s precision could not have drafted a document this casual.” He also highlighted factual mistakes pointing at incorrect addresses of Samaira and Kiaan, and five inconsistent spellings of his youngest son Azarias’ name. “A meticulous and affectionate father would never commit such mistakes,” he argued.
A Will “Standing on Air”
Perhaps the most serious omission according to Jethmalani was the absence of a schedule of assets, a mandatory annexure detailing what the deceased owned. The court itself noted this as “a serious procedural lapse.” “Without it,” Jethmalani said, “this will stands on air. It lists no inventory of the estate, and even the named executor seems unaware of its scale.”
The Man Behind the Controversy
To strengthen his argument, Jethmalani described Sunjay Kapur as “a devoted father and a perfectionist in both business and life.” Educated at the University of Buckingham and Harvard Business School, Sunjay was known for precision and discipline. “He never missed Kiaan’s birthdays,” the lawyer reminded. “The idea that such a man would exclude his children is beyond belief.”
Court’s Reaction and What Lies Ahead
After hearing the arguments, the Delhi High Court said the evidence raised “substantial questions” about the origin and integrity of the will. The matter has been adjourned to October 14 when the court will examine both the digital trail and the physical document’s custody.
Priya Kapur’s legal team continues to assert that “unimpeachable electronic evidence” supports the will’s authenticity. However for Karisma Kapoor’s children Samaira and Kiaan this case is no longer only about inheritance – it has become a fight between memory and metadata, testing the limits of truth in a digital age.
As the courtroom battle resumes, one question remains at the heart of it all – can technology rewrite heritage or will truth prevail through the digital fog?
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