Karisma Kapoor's ex-husband, Sunjay Kapur, passed away in June this year. While the whole family came together for his funeral, soon a legal battle started regarding his assets. Karisma's children, Samaira and Kiaan, have moved to the Delhi High Court to claim their share in their late father's assets.
According to NDTV, during a hearing on Friday of the petition by Priya Kapur seeking permission to file the list of her husband's assets in a sealed cover, Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, who is Samaira and Kiaan, claimed that the will is bogus and the kids are being denied everything.
The court heard both sides and allowed Kapur to submit the list of the assests in a sealed.
Priya Kapur's lawyer, Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar, said that they don't want the details shared in the court to be public. He said, "It is up to the court if it wants to enforce it, but at least nobody should discuss the case outside court. As long as everybody agrees on an understanding that it won't be shared with the public at large, I leave it to my lady (the judge), we have to devise a way."
Lawyer repesenting Karisma's kids said that both sides have been talking about the case in public. Jethmalani said, "They claimed that the children have a Rs 1,900-crore stake in RK trust, which has nothing to do with this case on personal assets."
Justice Jyoti Singh said that keeping everything out of the public eye would benefit both sides and asked how confidentiality could be ensured. To this, Jethmalani said, "In this case, confidentiality is a cloak under which you fritter away the assets. This matter is something that requires confidentiality? I don't think it does. I need sunlight in this case because I have not been told about the assets."
"Assets under the will were appropriated by Priya Kapur to herself. According to this bogus will, I (Karisma Kapoor's children) am being denied everything. Two bank accounts have been wiped clean, and a 6% share in a company has been appropriated to the defendant," he added.
