Overview
- Summons were issued to Priya Sachdev Kapur and 22 others after the court refused to order status quo on the contested Rani Kapur Family Trust.
- The bench directed defendants to file written statements within about four weeks and permitted rejoinders within two weeks, while issuing notice on the interim relief plea.
- The suit seeks to declare the October 26, 2017 trust void, alleging fraudulent diversion of assets and forged signatures, with a forensic expert cited in support.
- Rani Kapur says she became vulnerable after a 2017 stroke and alleges Priya Kapur swiftly took directorships and a managing director role in Sona Group entities days after Sunjay Kapur’s June 2025 death.
- The case names 23 defendants, including Priya Kapur, her son Azarias, and Karisma Kapoor’s children Samaira and Kiaan, and follows a Bombay High Court probate of Dr. Surinder Kapur’s 2013 will in 2016 naming Rani as sole beneficiary.