17 March,2026 02:10 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Khushi Kapoor, Boney Kapoor, Sridevi and Janhvi Kapoor
A property owned by the late actress Sridevi, located on Chennai's East Coast Road (ECR), has been in a legal dispute for nearly a year now. According to the latest updates, her husband Boney Kapoor, along with daughters Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor, have now approached the Madras High Court. The move comes after an additional district court in Chengalpattu declined to dismiss a civil suit concerning a 4.7-acre land parcel owned by the actress.
The issue dates back to 2025. Boney Kapoor moved the court last year, alleging that three individuals had claimed the property. The matter has since remained under legal trial.
According to reports, individuals identified as MC Sivakami, her sister MC Natarajan, and their mother Chandrabhanu have claimed a portion of the land owned by Sridevi. They have also sought to invalidate four sale deeds through which the actress and her sister had acquired the 4.7-acre property in Chennai. In response, Boney Kapoor moved to court in 2025, stating that the land had been purchased by Sridevi back in 1988.
The producer further told the court that the property originally belonged to M.C. Sambanda Mudaliar, who had three sons and two daughters, and that the family had mutually divided the land among themselves in 1960.
According to The Hindu, on Monday, March 16, Justice T.V. Thamilselvi heard the Kapoor family's petition for a hearing on March 26 while extending the interim order staying the trial in the case.
In their plea, the Kapoor family contended that Chandrabanu's marriage to M.C. Chandrasekaran, the original owner of the land, took place while his first marriage was still valid, making their union legally void. They further claimed that this crucial detail was not disclosed by the plaintiffs. According to the report, the Kapoor family claimed, "Such suppression of a vital and legally relevant fact constitutes a deliberate attempt to mislead this court and amounts to fraud, vitiating the very foundation of their claim. The third respondent (Ms. Chandrabanu) was fully aware that her marriage on February 5, 1975, was contracted during the subsistence of his (Chandrasekaran's) prior and legally valid marriage to M.C. Banumathi."
The family further mentioned that they have owned the property for nearly 38 years, while questioning how a suit seeking cancellation of sale deeds from 1988 was filed as late as 2025. The family also pointed out that no objections were ever raised during the lifetime of M.C. Chandrasekaran, who passed away back in 1995. It was also noted that M.C. Sivakami and M.C. Natarajan had attained majority in 1995 and 1999, respectively.
On the other hand, the plaintiffs argued that the Kapoor family had neither the legal nor moral right to label them as illegitimate or to challenge their parents' relationship. They claimed that the 1988 sale deeds were inherently invalid and thus further accused the family of fraudulently securing a âpatta', a revenue document establishing land ownership, for the property in 2023.
