On Monday, as the Supreme Court took suo motu notice of the Twisha Sharma case and directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take charge of the investigation in Bhopal, the spotlight was not merely on the reprise of the dowry-and-daughter-in-law issue in the national headlines but equally on the imbalance of influence and power in such cases.

In barely five months, 33-year-old Twisha Sharma’s life went from a dream wedding with Insta-worthy photographs to a horrific death, contested autopsies, delayed cremation, and character assassination by her mother-in-law, Giribala Singh, and advocate husband, Samarth Singh. The model-turned-actor was found hanging in her marital home in Bhopal’s Katara Hills on May 12.

It took four days........

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