New Delhi, May 1 -- Counsel appearing for Priya Sachdev Kapur, widow of late businessman Sunjay Kapur, have described the Delhi High Court's interim order directing status quo on the estate as a "routine" and "balanced" measure, stressing that preservation of assets had already been voluntarily offered by her during the course of proceedings.

Advocate Shyel Trehan, representing Priya Kapur, said the judgment merely follows settled principles applicable in partition and estate disputes. "The judgment passed is a very routine judgment where assets are preserved. These kinds of preservation orders are passed in every partition suit... Priya had already consented to and even offered this, as she never had any intention of dissipating the ass...