New Delhi, May 25 -- Twisha Sharma Death Case Hearing: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has taken up the Twisha Sharma death case, ordering a fair, independent and impartial investigation while urging both the victim's family and the accused to stop making public statements and place their accounts before investigators instead.

The Supreme Court of India took suo motu cognisance of the Twisha Sharma death case on Monday, 25 May, with Chief Justice of India Surya Kant making pointed observations about the integrity of the investigation and the conduct of all parties involved.

Sharma, 33, a former Miss Pune originally from Noida, was found dead at her matrimonial home in Bhopal's Katara Hills on the night of 12 May. Her family has accuse...