The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the alleged dowry-related death case linked to Twisha Sharma, and the case is scheduled to be heard on May 25 before a bench led by Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant.
According to details available on the Supreme Court’s case status portal, the matter has been registered as “in relation to alleged institutional bias and procedural discrepancies in the unnatural death of a minor girl in the matrimonial home”.
The case is scheduled to come before a three-judge bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi.
The Supreme Court’s intervention comes amid mounting allegations by Sharma’s family over the handling of the investigation into her death. The family has alleged procedural lapses and institutional bias in the investigation, while also seeking to examine evidence and phone records linked to the case.
The Supreme Court, taking suo motu note, notes that the court decided to independently examine the matter because of the seriousness of the allegations and concerns surrounding the investigation.
Noida resident Twisha Sharma was found dead at her marital home in Bhopal’s Bagh-Mughalia area on May 12, months after she married lawyer Samarth Singh. Her family alleged that she had been subjected to dowry-related harassment, and raised questions about the circumstances that led to her death.
The issue later attracted wider attention after Toysha’s family sought scrutiny of calls her mother-in-law, retired judge Giripala Singh, allegedly made to judicial officials and CCTV technicians shortly after the incident. The family also sought an investigation into digital evidence and phone records linked to the case.
Following petitions filed by the family, the Madhya Pradesh High Court ordered a second post-mortem examination to be conducted by a specialist medical team from AIIMS Delhi after objections were raised over the results of the first post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced that the state government will recommend a CBI probe into the case. Samarth Singh, who remained untraceable after Toysha’s death, was later taken into custody after appearing in court in Bhopal. A local court subsequently transferred him to police custody for interrogation.
