A judge has died by suicide at his home in South Delhi’s Safdarjung area. Aman Kumar Sharma, 30, was found hanging from a ceiling fan and his brother-in-law informed the police. Sharma had joined the Delhi Judicial Services on June 19, 2021, news agency PTI reported. He graduated from the Symbiosis Law School in Pune and completed his BA LLB in 2018.
In October 2025, Sharma took charge as the full-time secretary of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) in the North-East district at Karkardooma Courts.
According to a relative, quoting the father’s statement, Sharma had called his father around 10 pm the previous night and said, “I am very troubled, it has become difficult for me to live.”
The father, who was in Alwar, left immediately for Delhi and reached the house around midnight.
The family has alleged that he has been having issues with his wife for the past two months. According to them, his wife is also a judicial officer, while her sister is an IAS officer posted in Jammu.
The father stated that Sharma had said he was being mentally harassed at home. “Nidhi Malik has full control in the house, everything happens as per her,” he allegedly told his father.
The family further claimed that when the father tried to contact the wife’s parents, their number was blocked. A relative from her side was called to resolve the matter, but he later stepped away, saying he could not intervene.
The father said that there was noise and an argument inside the house. Sharma was in one room while his wife was in another.
“She was speaking loudly and Aman was crying,” a relative said.
Later, when Sharma could not be found, his phone was dialled and it rang from inside the bathroom. When Sharma could not be located later, his phone was dialled, and it rang from inside the bathroom. The door was then forced open, after access was made through a window by breaking the glass. He was found hanging inside, allegedly using a piece of cloth.
The body has been sent for postmortem examination. Police are investigating the matter.
