India, May 24 -- The Supreme Court on Saturday took suo motu cognisance of the Twisha Sharma 'dowry' death case over alleged institutional bias and procedural discrepancies in the matter. According to the details uploaded on the apex court website, the court registered the suo moto case after taking note of media reports and other attending circumstances.

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi is scheduled to hear the matter on May 25.

The suo moto case is titled "alleged institutional bias and procedural discrepancies in the unnatural death of a young girl at her matrimonial home".

Earlier in the day, the Bhopal court on Saturday sent Samarth Singh, husband of deceased actor-model Twisha ...