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Sunjay Kapur trust battle: Supreme Court appoints ex-CJI DY Chandrachud as mediator
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Sunjay Kapur trust battle: Supreme Court appoints ex-CJI DY Chandrachud as mediator

The Indian Express·PTI·26 days ago
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The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud to act as a mediator in the dispute between late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s mother Rani Kapur and his wife Priya Kapur over the family trust. Asking the parties to participate in the mediation proceedings with an open mind, the apex court said they may not make any statements in the public and also not go on social media about the dispute. “It is a family dispute. Let it be confined among the family only. It should not be a source of entertainment,” a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan said. The bench observed that having regard to the nature of the dispute among the family members, it had suggested on April 27 that the parties should consider going for mediation. “Today, all the counsel appearing for the respective parties have very graciously agreed to go for mediation. In such circumstances referred to above, we appoint D Y Chandrachud, former Chief Justice of India, to act as a mediator,” the bench said.…

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