Jabalpur, May 14 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court has taken a suo moto action against state cabinet minister Kunwar Vijay Shah over his objectionable remark on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, directing the Director General of Police (DGP) to lodge an immediate FIR against the minister by this evening.

A division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Anuradha Shukla heard the matter on Wednesday and ordered that an immediate FIR should be registered against Minister Vijay Shah for offences under Sections 152, 196(1)(b) and 197(1)(c) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sahita (BNS).

The Court further said that if the FIR is not registered by Wednesday evening, the Court may contemplate proceeding against the Director General of Police of the State for conte...