New Delhi, May 15 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday restrained a key company linked to the inheritance dispute within the family of late businessman Sunjay Kapur from proceeding with the appointment of independent directors, even as it made a fresh appeal to the warring factions to amicably settle the bitter feud through mediation. A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan observed that 80-year-old Rani Kapur, mother of the late businessman, must have been "shaken" by the continuing dispute and urged all sides to "handle her with care", while cautioning that the litigation could otherwise become a "long-drawn battle". "We have been saying repeatedly that 'settle it'. There is this 80-year-old woman. Sometime you have to compromise at some point of time. What all can you gain? We all come empty-handed and will go empty-handed. We only carry our soul in the end. Approach the mediator not with a heavy heart. There has to be a will to settle the matter.Try," remarked the bench. The observations came while the court was hearing an interim application moved by Rani Kapur accusing her daughter-in-law Priya Kapur and others of attempting a "forced takeover" of the disputed estate despite the matter already being referred to mediation before former Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud. The application objected to a proposed May 18 board meeting of Raghuvanshi Investment Private Limited (RIPL), a company linked to the family holdings, where appointments of two independent directors and changes in authorised banking signatories were proposed....