India, Jan. 21 -- The late businessman Sunjay Kapur's mother, Rani Kapur, has moved the Delhi high court, seeking to declare a family trust named after her as null and void, alleging it was fraudulently constituted and used to illegally transfer her assets. The trust was constituted in October 2017 and holds a shareholding in automotive component manufacturer Sona Comstar.

In a suit filed on Tuesday, Rani Kapur said the trust was created to deprive her of her entire estate, including control over the Sona Group of companies. It added that after she suffered a stroke in 2017, her late son and his third wife, Priya Kapur, allegedly exploited her physical dependence to orchestrate a complex scheme by which all her assets were transferred in...