Priya Kapur has taken the legal route against her sister-in-law for speaking up against her amidst Sunjay Kapur's inheritance battle.
After Priya Sachedva Kapur and Karisma Kapoor openly filed cases against each other, it is Sunjay Kapur's sister, Mandhira Kapur Smith, who took sides with her brother's ex-wife. On different occasions, Mandhira made a series of remarks against Priya, who is the widow of the late business tycoon, Sunjay Kapur. As per reports, Priya has filed a criminal defamation complaint against her sister-in-law.
As per a report by ANI, Priya has filed a defamation case against her late husband's sister, Mandhira. The complaint was filed with the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, and these remarks include false statements and personal attacks that she has made on various podcasts and social media platforms. She claimed that it had caused significant damage to her reputation.
Priya's advocate, Maninder Singh and counsel, Smriti Asmita, are representing her. In the complaint, Priya stated that the material circulating in the public domain is misleading and that the allegations are intended to malign and harass her through public channels rather than the legal route. Her advocate stated that this conduct falls within the offence of criminal defamation as per the relevant law. The case was taken up before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at the Patiala House Courts, where the complaint was initially registered.
A clip from Mandhira Kapur Smith's appearance on Pooja Chaudhary's podcast has been going viral. In the post, Karisma's ex-sister-in-law, Mandhira, had supported her and slammed Priya. In the clip, Mandhira openly expressed her anger over the legal dispute over the property matter. She slammed Priya for walking around and representing their family, while none of the family members were at Sona's Diwali puja. She said:
"If these people think we don't know our own bloodline, think again. Just because you have been with someone for seven years, you cannot erase normal habits that we have grown up with. My brother led the family legacy. He did not create it. And for her to walking around representing our family. Shame on her. None of the bloodline were at the Sona Diwali pooja."
Mandhira further added that she has been forcing the family to sign an NDA for their own estate; they are the real bloodline of Sona Comstar, and their late brother led the legacy and did not create it. She called Priya's act robbery and stated that their mother wants everything back home as it is her children's inheritance. She was quoted as saying:
"I wanna throw up when I see stuff like that. It is our estate. It is our estate and you are asking us to sign an NDA for our own estate. Wow. This is the new India. This is pure robbery. This is what you call major theft. This is what you called major fraud. And this country needs to wake up and see it. My mother tells me before I die, please get everything back home. This is our inheritance. This is my kids' inheritance. It is not Priya's. I will fight this till the end."
The podcast clip was posted with the caption that Mandhira questioned the authenticity of the alleged will and called out 'errors' which no brother would make. The caption shared how this includes the future of the two children at stake.
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