Overview

• The Supreme Court directed the formation of a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe Madhya Pradesh Minister Vijay Shah's remarks about Colonel Sofiya Qureshi.
• The SIT must include officers from outside the state, one at the rank of IG or DGP, and at least one woman, with the team to be established by May 20.
• Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh criticized Shah’s comments as “crass” and rejected his apologies, calling them insincere and lacking accountability.
• The court stayed Shah’s arrest but required him to cooperate with the investigation and emphasized the importance of upholding communal harmony.
• A status report from the SIT is due by May 28, when the next hearing on the case is scheduled.