New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the reinstatement of a Madhya Pradesh judge who was dismissed from service in 2019 for allegedly misbehaving with a woman co-passenger in a train while in an inebriated state, with the top court describing the case as "shocking", "disgusting" and observing that "nothing less than termination" was warranted in such circumstances. A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta admitted an appeal challenging the May 2025 judgment of the Madhya Pradesh high court that quashed the termination of civil judge Navneet Singh Yadav and directed his reinstatement. The bench stayed the operation of the high court's order. "It is a shocking case...He urinated in the compartment and there was a lady present...disgusting...You should have been dismissed. Your conduct is completely unbecoming of a judicial officer. You misbehaved with a woman in a drunken state. that is the charge against you," the bench told senior advocate Shailesh Madiyal, appearing for the judge. When Madiyal argued that most witnesses had not supported the prosecution case in the criminal proceedings under the Railway Act and that Yadav had been acquitted, the bench retorted: "You must have used your influence to see to it that all witnesses turn hostile." The counsel sought to suggest that the case arose out of a dispute with a local MLA, prompting the bench to remark, "That does not mean you will do whatever you want." Issuing notice in the appeal, the court stayed the impugned high court judgment. Yadav, then posted as a civil judge at Shahpur in Dindori district, was travelling from Hoshangabad to Jabalpur on June 16, 2018, when he allegedly misbehaved with a woman co-passenger in the Indore-Jabalpur Overnight Express. He was accused of being intoxicated, creating a nuisance, abusing co-passengers and railway staff, and forcing passengers to pull the emergency chain, delaying the train. Following a complaint, a criminal case was registered under the Railway Act, and Yadav was also arrested. He was subsequently placed under suspension, and the MP high court instituted a departmental inquiry. Based on the inquiry report, the administrative committee of the high court recommended his termination, which was endorsed by the full court. Acting on the recommendation, the state government dismissed Yadav from service in September 2019....