New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Following an inheritance dispute over the will of hotelier PRS Oberoi, the Delhi High Court has restrained EIH Limited, the flagship company of luxury hotel chain the Oberoi Group, and its holding companies from transferring any shares. The court passed the interim order on a lawsuit by the late businessman's daughter Anastasia Oberoi and her mother Mirjana Jojic Oberoi against Anastasia's brother Vikramjit Singh Oberoi, sister Natasha Devi Oberoi, cousin Arjun Singh Oberoi and others. The court also protected the possession and enjoyment of a family home in Kapashera in Delhi by Anastasia and her mother in terms of the will.
In the suit, the mother-daughter duo claimed that Vikramjit and Arjun were obstructing the execution of PRS Oberoi's will dated October 25, 2021. Under the will, the shares of PRS Oberoi were to be divided between the two daughters -- Natasha and Anastasia-- the latter through a trust whose beneficiary was the plaintiff. The counsel appearing for Vikramjit and Arjun submitted that there was a "serious challenge" to the existing will, while citing the existence of another will of 1992.
Justice Navin Chawla, in the interim order, opined that the plaintiffs had a "good prima facie case in their favour" and they will suffer a "grave irreparable harm" if the subject matter of the suit, i.e., shares and properties, is alienated during the pendency of the case, before the defendants file their response and the same is considered.
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