Overview
- Mandhira Kapur Smith personally appeared at Patiala House Court, filed her reply to Priya Sachdev Kapur’s criminal defamation complaint, and sought an order compelling Priya to produce specific documents.
- Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Siddhant Sihag issued notice on Mandhira’s application and scheduled the next hearing for March 30.
- Senior Advocate Maninder Singh, for Priya Kapur, opposed the application as premature at the notice stage and declined to file a written reply while reserving legal arguments.
- The court granted additional time for proposed accused Pooja Chaudhary to submit a reply to the complaint.
- The proceedings unfold against a broader inheritance fight over late Sunjay Kapur’s reported Rs 30,000 crore estate, with Priya alleging a reputational campaign online and Mandhira publicly insisting she has not lied.