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A bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice N. Kotishwar Singh also closed the automatic cognizance proceedings launched by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Shah’s comment, as the apex court is considering the matter. The bench said in its order to let the High Court stop proceedings in view of the (High Court) case here. Parallel action should not be taken.
The Supreme Court extended its interim order prohibiting the arrest of BJP minister Kunwar Vijay Shah to comment against Colonel Sofia Qureshi, who informed the media about Operation Sindoor against Pakistan. A bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice N. Kotishwar Singh also closed the automatic cognizance proceedings launched by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Shah’s comment, as the apex court is considering the matter. The bench said in its order to let the High Court stop proceedings in view of the (High Court) case here. Parallel action should not be taken.
During the hearing of the case, the bench visited the status report submitted by the DIG police, stating that the SIT of three IPS officers was constituted in compliance with the order of the apex court and the investigation was started on May 21. The bench said that the SIT report stated that more material has been collected, the statements of the witnesses have been recorded and the investigation is in the initial stage. The status report has been filed by the DIG Police. It states that the SIT of three IPS officers was constituted and investigations were collected on May 21. The bench said in its order that the speech script was prepared and a mobile phone was seized. Statements of witnesses were recorded. The investigation is in the initial stage … leave the investigation and then the status report should be filed. The interim order will continue. The case was fixed in July.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had reprimanded him for Shah’s comment against Colonel Qureshi and ordered the SIT of three IPS officers to investigate the case. It ordered the SIT of three senior IPS officers of Madhya Pradesh cadre to set up an SIT, which does not belong to the state and one of which will be a female officer. The bench had termed the minister’s remarks “dirty, ugly and embarrassing” and dismissed the pardon he publicly sought and dismissed. Justice Kant had said, “Desh is embarrassed by AAP (Shah). You have to apologize. The Supreme Court had stayed Shah’s arrest and asked him to join and cooperate in the investigation.
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