India, May 25 -- The Supreme Court on Monday said it was "pained" by the narrative suggesting that the judiciary was shielding the accused in the Twisha Sharma death case, and assured that a fair, independent and impartial CBI investigation would be conducted.

Twisha Sharma, 33, a former model-turned-actor, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal's Katara Hills area on May 12. Her family has accused her in-laws of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide, while the accused family claimed she suffered from drug addiction.

Police have registered an FIR against her husband, lawyer Samarth Singh, and mother-in-law, former district judge Giribala Singh, on charges related to dowry harassment.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of ...