New Delhi:
The Supreme Court will today take up the review petition by Nupur Talwar, an accused in the murder of her 14-year-old daughter Aarushi, along with her husband Rajesh Talwar.
The top court in January rejected Mrs Talwar's plea seeking quashing of the charges against her and directed the dentist couple to face trial in the murder of their teenage daughter. Mrs Talwar, earlier this month, sought a review of the court's decision saying that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had ignored clinching evidence against their domestic helps - Krishna, Rajkumar and Vijay Mandal - who were earlier chargesheeted in the murder of Aarushi, but later found innocent.
The CBI has opposed the review petition and accused Mrs Talwar of using delaying tactics by filing petitions in various courts. The investigating agency urged the Supreme Court to dismiss her review petition.
Mrs Talwar's anticipatory bail plea will also come up for hearing today. A special CBI court had issued a non-bailable warrant against Mrs Talwar on April 11 after she failed to appear in court.
The CBI later assured the Supreme Court that it will not arrest Mrs Talwar till the court ruled on her bail plea.
Both the Talwars are dentists. Mr Talwar was arrested a week after Aarushi and the family's domestic help Hemraj were found dead at the Talwars' Noida residence in 2008, but was later released on bail when the CBI said it did not have any evidence against him. He is currently out on bail.
When the CBI asked the Ghaziabad court in December 2010 if it could close the Aarushi case, the judge refused. The CBI said it still did not have enough evidence against anyone connected to the case, but it said it believed Mr Talwar was responsible for his daughter's death. The court then asked for both her parents to be tried for murder and destruction of evidence.