New Delhi, May 28 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended its interim order on stay on BJP minister Kunwar Vijay Shah's arrest for his remarks against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, who had briefed the media about Operation Sindoor against Pakistan.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotishwar Singh also closed the suo moto proceedings initiated by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Shah's remarks as the apex court is seized of the matter.

"Let High Court close the proceedings in view of case here (Supreme Court). Let there shall be no parallel proceedings," the bench said in its order.

During the hearing of the case, the bench perused the status report submitted by DIG Police which stated that SIT of three IPS officers was constituted in ...