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The Supreme Court connected Monday (January 19, 2026) gave the Madhya Pradesh authorities 2 weeks to determine connected a petition for authorisation to prosecute State Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah, accused of making disparaging remarks against Army officer, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi.
Ms. Qureshi had briefed the media during Operarion Sindoor. The apex tribunal had taken earnestly objection against Mr. Shah, mounting up a Special Investigation Team to probe the lawsuit against him.
The petition for prosecution authorisation was made to the State authorities successful August 2025.
“We are successful January 2026 now,” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant addressed elder advocator Sridhar Pottaraju, appearing for the State.
Mr. Pottaraju said the hold-up whitethorn beryllium owed to the information that Mr. Shah’s contiguous petition seeking quashing for the FIR against him was pending successful the highest tribunal of the land.
Senior advocator Maninder Singh, for Mr. Shah, said helium had apologised online. Mr. Singh said his lawsuit was cooperating with the investigation.
“You support connected cooperating. It is excessively precocious present for each that [apology],” Chief Justice Kant observed, heading a three-judge Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Joymalya Bagchi.
The Court said the State indispensable record a presumption study earlier the adjacent hearing.
In July 2025, the Supreme Court had questioned the quality of the “online” apology issued by Mr. Shah for his remarks against Col. Qureshi.
At the time, the apical tribunal had said the Minister was “testing the court’s patience”.
“What bash you mean by an apology similar this? He made the connection connected the archetypal day itself. We are talking astir a nationalist apology. Where is it connected record?” the tribunal had asked Mr. Shah’s side.
