The lawyer accused Priya Sachdev of acting in a manner aimed at limiting the inheritance of Karisma Kapoor’s children
During the legal proceedings over businessman Sunjay Kapur’s Rs 30,000 crore inheritance in the Delhi High Court on Friday, senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for actor Karisma Kapoor’s children, compared Priya Sachdev Kapur, Sunjay’s widow, to the evil stepmother from the classic children’s fairytale Cinderella, known for her cruel and manipulative nature.
“This is a Cinderella stepmother,” Jethmalani said in court, accusing Priya Sachdev of acting in a manner aimed at limiting the inheritance of Karisma Kapoor’s children.
“Who is really greedy? She has already got 60% of the assets, around 12% to her own son, and 75% of the trust. She was in such a hurry, she even started writing letters about Benami forms, which are used to decide beneficiaries of companies,” Jethmalani told the Court.
He alleged that this “glaring hurry” was an attempt to restrict the rightful share of Sunjay Kapur’s children from his previous marriage.
Raising serious questions about the validity of the will, Jethmalani said, “It is not possible that Sunjay Kapur would not have consulted an advocate before creating a will and bequeathing such a large estate.”
When the court asked if the will was typed, Jethmalani confirmed it was and pointed to several “loopholes and infirmities” in the document.
“This is not a normal case. There’s no reason why the executor wasn’t informed or why a lawyer wasn’t consulted. A genuine will by a well-positioned man in society does not suffer from loopholes and infirmities,” he argued.
Jethmalani alleged that the will was changed while Sunjay Kapur was on holiday with his son, and that the person who made the changes became a director in one of the companies just a day after the funeral.