Where there's a will.....

.....there's money. And a fight. The late Priyamvada Birla has supposedly willed her entire business empire to a rank outsider. This story has been making the news for the past couple of days. Everyone is smelling a fish. With the amount involved, it's not a surprise that the whole clan is going to contest the will.

The first reaction of the Birlas, when the four-page will was read out in Kolkata on Monday evening, was "shock and disbelief". It's now turning to fury. They believe that an outsider has usurped, by questionable means, what by right is theirs.

What is interesting is that someone of her stature should leave such a simple will.

The Will

The will and its supposed contents have stirred a hornet's nest. Few people claim to have seen the will; but there were many who said they had heard about the contents.

Primarily, the will is said to be a mere three to four-line affair, in which Priyamvada Birla has passed on the ownership of all her assets to Lodha. There is a difference of opinion about the precise wording of the will. Some say the will also referred to Lodha's younger son, Harsh Vardhan as an inheritor in case of any eventuality to Lodha Senior. [TOI]

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