Twisha Sharma death probe reaches Supreme Court (Img: Internet)
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged dowry death case involving Twisha Sharma and will hear the matter on May 25 before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant.
According to details available on the apex court’s case status portal, the matter has been registered under the title: “In Re: Alleged Institutional Bias and Procedural Discrepancies in the Unnatural Death of a Young Girl at Her Matrimonial Home.”
The case is scheduled to be heard by a three-judge bench comprising CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi.
The Supreme Court’s decision to take suo motu cognisance means the court has independently decided to examine the matter due to the seriousness of the allegations and public concern surrounding the investigation.
Twisha Sharma, a resident of Noida, was found dead at her matrimonial home in Bhopal’s Bagh Mugalia Extension area on May 12, months after her marriage to advocate Samarth Singh.
Her family has alleged that she faced dowry-related harassment and questioned the circumstances surrounding her death.
The family also claimed there were procedural lapses and institutional bias in the investigation. They sought scrutiny of digital evidence, CCTV footage and phone records linked to the case.
The matter gained wider attention after allegations surfaced regarding calls allegedly made by Twisha’s mother-in-law, retired judge Giribala Singh, to judicial officials and CCTV technicians soon after the incident.
The family demanded a detailed probe into these communications along with forensic examination of electronic evidence connected to the case.
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Following petitions filed by the family, the Madhya Pradesh High Court had earlier ordered a second autopsy to be conducted by a specialised medical team from AIIMS Delhi after objections were raised over the initial post-mortem findings.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced that the state government would recommend a CBI investigation into the matter.
Samarth Singh, who was reportedly untraceable after the incident, later appeared before a court in Bhopal and was subsequently taken into police custody for questioning.
