In a courtroom drama worthy of the silver screen, the explosive inheritance battle worth Rs 30,000 crore over the estate of late tycoon Sanjay Kapoor has entered a high-voltage new phase. On Thursday, a judicial order stunned the power circles of Delhi and the inner sanctum of Bollywood as the court mandated forensic and handwriting analysis of the controversial will that could decide control of a vast corporate empire.
Karisma Kapoor’s kids win crucial round as Delhi Court orders forensic investigation into Sanjay Kapoor’s will
Delhi High Court Joint Registrar (Judicial) Gagan Deep Jindal gave the green signal for an independent scientific investigation into the controversial document, supporting the tireless campaign of Kapoor’s children Samaira and Kiaan Kapoor from his marriage to screen icon Karisma Kapoor. Since November 2025, the siblings have demanded that the will be subjected to expert scrutiny, insisting that only forensic testing can answer looming questions about how and when the document was created, and whether it truly reflects their father’s final wishes.
The court also refused to grant adjournment to Priya and Azarius, saying the mother-son duo “have failed to file the reply within the time given to them and it appears that they are deliberately delaying the decision of the interim application.”
The order given by the court on Saturday, February 28, could be a blow to Priya Kapoor, who stood as the sole objector to the forensic inspection along with her six-year-old son Azarius. No other stakeholder opposed the move. The executor of the will, Shraddha Suri Marwah, did not raise any objection. Neither did Sanjay Kapoor’s mother Rani Kapoor. That separation did not go unnoticed in court.
Priya Kapoor has said that the will was drafted and signed in her presence and that she handed it over to the executor at the family’s Rajokri residence, even though it was allegedly transmitted electronically. She further claims that she is the sole beneficiary of Kapoor’s business empire, which includes majority ownership of auto component group Sona Comstar (through promoter group firms such as RK Family Trust), and moved swiftly to assume control of Sona Group’s key entities after Sanjay Kapoor’s death.
Yet despite being the document’s proponent and primary beneficiary, he has vehemently opposed forensic investigation. His lawyer on Thursday argued that the will, filed in a sealed cover under the non-disclosure regime, should not be exposed to third-party experts (even for forensic investigation) and the registrar does not have the authority to order such an investigation.
Both arguments were rejected. Samaira Kapoor’s lawyer cited statutory provisions empowering the registrar to allow forensic analysis and rejected the suggestion that secrecy could protect a testamentary instrument from scientific review. During the hearing, the Registrar said that the inspection would now proceed under the supervision of the court within the High Court premises.
In high-value probate disputes, forensic examination of the handwriting, ink, and paper is standard practice. Additional hearing on preservation of call detail records and production of mobile devices (of Sanjay Kapoor and Priya Kapoor) is scheduled for March 10. For Samaira and Kiyan, the order represents a hard-won milestone. For Priya Kapoor, this makes clear a central tension: in trying to block independent verification, she has heightened the suspicions that the forensic process is now ready to test.
