Apex court stays Bhopal trial in Twisha death case
New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the trial in the unnatural death case of former model and actor Twisha Sharma in Bhopal and issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), her husband Samarth Singh and mother-in-law Giribala Singh on a plea seeking transfer of the proceedings to Delhi.
A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order on a petition filed by Twisha's father, Navnidhi Sharma, who expressed apprehension that his daughter would not receive a fair trial in Madhya Pradesh because of the influence wielded by her mother-in-law, a retired district judge.
Navnidhi's lawyers told the court that he sought the transfer as he was based in the Delhi-NCR region. ...
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