- By Nidhi Giri
- Thu, 15 May 2025 03:04 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction with the contents of the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the police on its orders against Tribal Welfare minister of Madhya Pradesh, Vijay Shah for his remark against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi. The high court said that the FIR must be comprehensive.
In its present form, the FIR is vulnerable to being quashed if challenged, noted a division bench of Justices Atul Shreedharan and Anuradha Shukla when it was placed before them to show compliance with the previous order, as per a PTI report.
The MP High Court said the police must include comprehensive details of the alleged offences in the FIR, and it must be aligned with its Wednesday order.
Supreme Court Reprimands Vijay Shah
Slamming the BJP leader, Supreme Court asked, “What sort of statements are you making.” The Bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih observed, "Holding a constitutional position, you should have exercised a degree of restraint, especially when a country is undergoing such a situation."
Vijay Shah drew widespread backlash from military veterans to opposition leaders, following his controversial remark against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, who was the part of daily briefing on Army actions amid standoff between India and Pakistan.
Vijay Shah, while addressing a public gathering during a government function in Mhow of Indore, lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for conducting Operation Sindoor to avenge the killings in the Pahalgam terror attack. As he talked about Operation Sindoor, Shah drew parallels between Colonel Qureshi and those who carried out the Pahalgam terror attack, saying that ‘PM Modi sent their sister’ to avenge the killings.
In his speech on Monday, Shah had said, “India taught a lesson to those responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack using a sister from their own community (unki samaaj ki behen ke zariye).” He repeated the same three times, without mentioning Qureshi’s name.