Twisha Sharma Case: High Court Allows Second Postmortem In Bhopal Death Probe | India Today

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]Madhya Pradesh High Court having agreed to the second autopsy of Twisha. It's a big development coming in. The demand of the family has now been accepted by the Madhya Pradesh High Court that has agreed to the second autopsy of Twisha.

[00:00:12]The high court has said that Twisha's body must be preserved. The government has said that they do not have any objection to the second postmortem.

[00:00:19]Solicitor General has suggested that Ames Delhi is where the second postmortem must be done which means that a second postmortem is now the way forward in this investigation as had been proposed by Twisha's family. The demand that they had made this even as Girbala Singh's lawyer had argued why a second postmortem. Twisha's body must be cremated. It's an insult to the doctors if a second postmortem is demanded. But the family has alied fears, has alied suspicion and doubts in the manner in which the investigation has been done so far. Several unanswered questions. And why is it that uh certain questions on the marks on Twisha's body, the belt that she had used to commit suicide, that belt was not taken by the investigation officers and why that was not taken into consideration. So all these questions that had been raised by Tisha's family basis which they had demanded a second postmortem to be performed has now been given a go-ahad by the Madhya Pradesh High Court that has agreed to a second autopsy of Twisha. The high court has said that Twisha's body must be preserved.

[00:01:32]Government also saying that there is no objection to the second postmortem. This remember as the Madhya Pradesh government has also demanded CBI investigation in this case. A second postmortem will now be conducted for Twisha soliciter solicitor general saying that uh as Delhi would be correct for the second postmortem to be conducted. This as objections were raised by Giri Bala Singh's lawyer where the in-laws had demanded that Twisha's body must be cremated but the high court has rejected that demand and the high court has accepted the demand of Twisha's family that had said that a second autopsy must be done. The high court has cleared the way for Tisha's family saying that the body must be preserved and a second postmortem must be done. That's the latest development that has come in in the Madhya Pradesh High Court. So the story is moving very fast in just the last few minutes that the hearing began in the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

[00:02:35]Fast-paced developments that have come in in the Twisha case. So remember that 10 days that Twisha's husband was on the run. Samar Singh who had evaded the investigation and now suddenly he's decided to surrender. Suddenly he has said that after surrendering is when he will apply for bail rather than pushing for an anticipatory bail. That is one development. The second of what has happened in the Madhya Pradesh High Court where the way has been cleared for a second postmortem. The Madhya Pradesh High Court has said that the body should be preserved and the second postmortem should be done where the SG has said that it should be done at Ins Delhi. Let me quickly bring in Anisha Matur who's tracking all the developments in the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Anisha important there because the court has paved the way for the second postmortem of Twisha. This is a big win for the family that had been demanding a second postmortem.

[00:03:28]But yes, Suesha the family of Twisha Singh had been calling for a second postmortem saying that there were certain problems. Interestingly in the hearing, solicitor general tusha said that while the government has no question that the government is not disputing or alleging that there was any error in this first postmortem, the government has no objections if a second postmortem is done. The court in its order has taken note of this fact that the this argument by the solicitor general. It has also said that it would be for everyone's good that a second postmortem is conducted. A specialist team from Ames Delhi will now be sent to Bhopal to conduct the second postmortem because the court had asked specifically how exactly are you going to move the body. There is the there are concerns about deterioration regarding damage all of those issues and that is why instead of moving the body a team of specialists from Delhi is going to come to Bhopal.

[00:04:29]Now, now Sa as we speak the arguments regarding uh cancellation of anticipatory bail have now begun in the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Uh and uh right now I can tell you the the government of Madhya Pradesh is say uh through represented by the solicitor general are there getting us all the latest details from the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Remember these are developments that have happened literally in the last few minutes and how the story has caught pace of the investigation that had been continuing since the last 10 days of the pressure on the investigating agency to answer all those questions all those discrepancies that had emerged in the case. But now the Madhya Pradesh High Court clearing the way for a second postmortem. A demand that had been made by Twisha's family is what was heard in the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Not to forget how Trisha's in-laws presented an objection to it. Tisha's mother-in-law, her lawyer who is arguing for her in court had said that why is it that the family is not taking Twisha's body and performing the last rights. But that is a demand that was rejected by the Madhya Pradesh High Court that instead gave in to the demand that was made by Twisha's family to perform a second postmortem and that to the SG suggesting that it should be done in as Delhi so that any fears any doubts any suspicions that have been alied so far can have clear answers. does.