Sushant Singh Rajput’s family rejoiced as the Supreme Court ruled in their favour that the Central Bureau of Investigation will take over the probe of the actor’s death. Soon after the order was passed, the Sushant’s father KK Singh issued a statement terming him as the legal heir of Sushant and barring anyone from representing the actor.
“It is hereby declared that I am the legal heir of late Sushant Singh Rajput and in that capacity, any arrangement that Sushant had during his lifetime for the engagement of any lawyer, Chartered Accountant and other professional came to an end upon the death of Sushant and thereafter no lawyer, Chartered Accountant or other person is entitled to represent the estate of Sushant without my express consent,” KK Singh said in a statement.
Talking about those who had spoken about an alleged privileged communication between them and Sushant, KK Singh said, “They have talked on media about the alleged privileged communication between Sushant and them. Clearly such disclosure is barred by section 126 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and the Bar Council of India Rules [Rule 17, Part VI, Chapter 1ft, without my consent as I am representing the estate of Sushant. I have not given any consent to anyone of them to either continue to represent Sushant or disclose any communication barred by section 126 of Evidence Act, 1872.” The actor’s father also made it clear in his statement that apart from him and his daughters, anyone else claiming to be a family member of Sushant does not have his consent. KK Singh’s statement read, “It is also made clear that only I and my daughters comprise the family of Sushant and we have authorized Varun Singh (SKV Law Offices, Commercial) as our Advocate and through him Vikas Singh, Sr. Advocate, to represent the family. Any other person claiming himself to be family member does not have my consent.”
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