SIFF Spokesperson

His name was Atul Subhash. He did not wait for the system to notice him. He documented everything himself. 34 years old. Deputy general manager at a private firm. Bengaluru. One son named Vyom. Nine cases filed against him simultaneously. Section 498A. Domestic violence. Maintenance. Child custody. Each hearing required a 1,700 kilometre round trip from Bengaluru to Jaunpur. He made that trip 40 times. He attended 120 court hearings over four years. His wife's family allegedly demanded Rs 3 crore to withdraw all cases. Rs 30 lakh separately for visitation rights to his own son. He alleged in his video that a sitting family court judge demanded Rs 5 lakh for a favourable order. On December 9, 2024 he died by suicide in his Bengaluru flat. He left a 24 page note and an 81 minute video. Dates. Case numbers. Names. Amounts. Every rupee documented. Every trip recorded. Every hearing listed. He did the system's job for it. Before he died he made one request to his family. Do not immerse my ashes in the Ganga until justice is served. His mother went to the Supreme Court asking to see her grandson. The court told her she was a stranger to the child. His case came up for hearing. The judge was on leave. One year adjournment. This week the Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of the Twisha Sharma death case 11 days after her death. A bench led by the Chief Justice of India will hear it Monday. The Bar Council suspended her husband from legal practice within hours. AIIMS Delhi flew a medical board on a state charter plane for a second autopsy. Eleven days. The entire machinery of Indian justice moved. Atul Subhash left 81 minutes of documented evidence. He got a one year adjournment. His ashes are still waiting for the Ganga. His son Vyom is six years old. Follow for stories India deserves to remember.