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Informist, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026

  

NEW DELHI – The Delhi High Court Thursday issued a notice to Priya Kapur, wife of the late businessman Sunjay Kapur, on his mother Rani Kapur's plea seeking that the RK Family Trust, which holds stake in Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd., be scrapped and all assets and benefits in the trust be given to the petitioner. Rani Kapur said that Sunjay and Priya had fraudulently diverted the petitioner's entire family legacy, estate, and all her movable and immovable assets originally inherited by her to the RK Family Trust. The court also sought responses from Sona BLW Precision and other parties in the case and listed the case for hearing on Mar. 23. 

 

The petitioner has sought a permanent injunction against Priya Kapur and others from utilising or acting in furtherance of the RK Family Trust in any manner whatsoever. She has sought rendition of accounts of the RK Family Trust, from its inception, among other relief. 

 

In 2015, the petitioner's husband, the late Surinder Kapur, passed away and left his entire estate, including all shares of various companies under Sona Group and his other movable and immovable properties, exclusively to Rani Kapur by means of a will in 2013. According to the petition, Rani Kapur was the sole beneficiary and legatee of the entire estate of her husband, who was the promoter of various businesses, including the Sona Group of companies. 

 

The petitioner said by means of a complex web of illegal transactions undertaken by Priya Kapur and others in an unfortunate collusion with Sunjay Kapur, all her assets were now vested in one fraudulent trust titled RK Family Trust, without her knowledge. The entire fraud perpetrated upon her has been discovered only now, post the demise of her son, who passed away under mysterious circumstances in June last year, Rani Kapur said.

 

Sunjay Kapur, chairman of auto parts company Sona BLW Precision Forgings, died unexpectedly in the UK while playing polo, with initial reports citing cardiac arrest as the cause. His death triggered a bitter power struggle within the Kapur family over control and inheritance of the Sona Group empire. Kapur's father was a pioneer of India's auto components industry and had founded the group.

 

The high court is also hearing a plea by the children of Sunjay Kapur's former wife Karisma Kapoor, Samaira Kapur and Kiaan Raj Kapur, seeking a share in their father's assets, which are estimated at INR 300 billion. Karisma Kapoor's children had requested the court to pass a preliminary decree for partition in their favour, saying they were entitled to a fifth of their father's estate. The children's plea came after knowing that the entire personal assets of their father were bequeathed to Priya Kapur.

 

At 1140 IST, shares of Sona BLW Precision Forgings were down 1.4% at INR 487.40 on the National Stock Exchange.

 

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Reported by Surya Tripathi

Edited by Tanima Banerjee

 

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