Sunjay Kapur inheritance row: Priya Sachdev files criminal defamation case against Mandhira

In a caller escalation of the ongoing ineligible conflict implicit precocious businessman Sunjay Kapur’s estate, his widow Priya Sachdev Kapur has filed a transgression defamation ailment against Sunjay’s sister, Mandhira Kapur Smith, and different individual.As per quality bureau ANI, the ailment alleges that defamatory statements were made against Priya crossed integer platforms, causing superior reputational harm.

‘False assertions presented arsenic facts,’ says complaint

The complaint, filed earlier the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, states that the impugned remarks incorporate “false assertions, insinuations and idiosyncratic attacks presented arsenic established facts,” contempt the issues being sub judice.It further claims that the statements were aimed astatine maligning and harassing Priya Kapur done nationalist sermon alternatively of lawful ineligible remedies.Senior advocator Maninder Singh, on with counsel Smriti Asmita, is representing Priya successful the matter.The substance was taken up connected Saturday earlier the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate astatine the Patiala House Courts successful New Delhi, wherever the ailment was formally registered.

Supreme Court seeks Karisma Kapoor’s response

The transgression defamation lawsuit comes adjacent arsenic the Supreme Court, connected Friday, sought histrion Karisma Kapoor’s effect to Priya’s plea seeking a certified transcript of Sunjay Kapur’s divorcement colony with Karisma.

Sunjay’s sister, Mandhira Kapur Smith, has opposed the plea, alleging that it was an effort to divert attraction from the halfway inheritance dispute.

Will nether challenge, property worth unclear

Sunjay Kapur was the president of Sona Comstar. He joined Karisma Kapoor successful 2003, and the mates had 2 children—Samaira, calved successful 2005, and Kiaan, calved successful 2011. The mates filed for divorcement successful 2014, which was finalised successful 2016.After the separation, Sunjay joined Priya Sachdev, and the mates aboriginal welcomed a son, Azarias.The inheritance conflict remains pending earlier aggregate courts. In August past year, Priya presented a papers earlier the Delhi High Court claiming it to beryllium Sunjay Kapur’s will. The papers was challenged by Samaira, Kiaan and Rani.While immoderate reports person claimed that Sunjay Kapur’s assets could beryllium worthy astir Rs 30,000 crore, Karisma Kapoor’s children person said they are unaware of the estate’s existent valuation.