A missing email attachment—now being dissected thread-by-thread in the Delhi High Court—has become the most dramatic development yet in the fiercely fought battle over the late Sona Comstar chief Sunjay Kapur’s estimated ₹30,000-crore personal estate.
In a charged courtroom, senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, representing Sunjay’s children Samaira and Kiaan, argued that the unexplained disappearance of an email attachment allegedly sent to supposed executor Shradha Suri Marwah raises “serious doubts” about the authenticity of the Will produced by Sunjay’s third wife, Priya Sachdev Kapur.
According to the filings, AIPL director Dinesh Agarwal purportedly emailed Shradha twice—first with the Kapur Family Trust Deed and then with the signed Will. Shradha claims she “deleted” one of the attachments at Agarwal’s request.
But Jethmalani tore through this explanation with simple digital logic. “You cannot delete an attachment without deleting the email,” he told the court.
Yet, the email exists in Priya’s own filings—minus the crucial attachment. Between Agarwal’s mistaken first attachment and the supposedly corrected second one, the Will seemingly vanished without trace.
“Why would she delete it? She said Agarwal asked her to, yet the same document is later mentioned in the written statement,” Jethmalani argued, calling the narrative internally contradictory.
The defence contention became sharper as Jethmalani reminded the court that Agarwal is no bystander. As a board member of AIPL, the holding entity of Sona BLW, Agarwal operated within the same corporate ecosystem from which Priya was removed in 2023 amid marital discord—an episode recorded in an affidavit by Sunjay’s mother, Rani Kapur.
After Sunjay’s death, Priya bounced back into AIPL’s top tiers, first as director and then as Managing Director, while both Agarwal and another Will witness Nitin Sharma reportedly received rapid promotions. Jethmalani hinted at a timeline worth scrutiny.
The removal and reinstatement of Priya, the swift career movements of the witnesses, the executor’s reluctance to seek probate, and now the deleted attachment—taken together—may suggest coordinated action, some legal experts say.
Senior lawyer Advocate Pratik Thadani commented, “These inconsistencies, especially the missing attachment, raise troubling questions about the circumstances and timing of the Will. Ultimately, the High Court will examine every piece of evidence to ensure the rights of all beneficiaries, including Sunjay Kapur’s children, are protected.”
As the courtroom drama deepens, the missing attachment—once an obscure email file—now sits at the epicentre of one of India’s most high-profile inheritance battles.
