'Sunjay Kapur's will refers to him as she'

Mahesh Jethmalani, senior counsel representing Samaira Kapoor and Kiaan Raj Kapoor, children of Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor, who is the former wife of the late Sona Comstar chief Sunjay Kapur, alleged in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that Kapur’s will was a forgery as it referred to the testator—the person who made the will—as female as many as four times.

- Priyanka Gawande

The Delhi High Court has posted the matter for 15 October. MINT

“The female form of a testator is used.... the testator is now a she? This is an absurdity. In short, Sunjay Kapur has signed this will as a woman?” Jethmalani said. He told the bench the fundamental question was whether the will was signed by the testator, Kapur, or by a woman.

Jethmalani’s comments are central to the inheritance dispute Samaira and Kiaan have with Kapur’s widow Priya Kapur. The two children are seeking a fourth of their father’s ¥30,000-crore estate. A bench led by Justice Jyoti Singh partly heard the matter on Tuesday and posted it for a further hearing on 15 October.