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Delhi: The Delhi High Court, on Wednesday, conducted the hearing of the inheritance dispute involving Sunjay Kapur’s estate. In the latest updates, Justice Jyoti Singh further scrutinised the will, said to be written by the industrialist. The Court had several questions relating to the missing documents, digital inconsistencies, and the drafting, execution, attestation, and custody of the will.

The lawyer, appearing for Karisma Kapoor’s children, Mahesh Jethmalani, said in court that there was no clarity relating to the drafting of the will. He also raised suspicion over Nitin Sharma, he second attesting witness, who joined the board of AIPL briefly after the death of Sunjay Kapur. The lawyer also argued that the digital copy of the will was found on his computer, but there was no evidence of Sunjay’s discussion of the will with him.

Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar, who appeared for Priya Kapur, rebuffed the arguments.

The Court, on the other hand, stated that the digital trail relied upon needed proper authorship verification, metadata examination, and formal certification. It was observed that screenshots and informal references cannot be considered as legal evidence.  Justice Jyoti Singh also raised worries about the movement of the will and how the person with the physical copy of the document could not explain how it reached them.

The Justice further noted the inability of witnesses to specify the exact time and place of execution of the will. She claimed that these issues could constitute suspicious circumstances.

Meanwhile, Priya Kapur also rejected the allegations made by her mother-in-law, Rani Kapur and called it “baseless and reckless”.