Bollywood actor Karisma Kapoor’s children on Friday told the Delhi High Court that the fees of one of them, who is studying at a university in the United States, have not been paid for the past two months.

The claim was made before Justice Jyoti Singh, who cautioned the parties not to make the proceedings “melodramatic." She instructed the legal team representing Priya Kapur, the widow of the late Sunjay Kapur, to ensure that such matters are resolved outside court in future and are not brought before the bench again.

The hearing was part of a larger dispute in which Samaira Kapur and her brother are challenging the validity of their late father’s purported will, which reportedly involves assets worth around Rs 30,000 crore.

Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for the children,

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