‘Crocodile tears’: Top Court Raps Minister For Colonel Qureshi Remark

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Madhya Pradesh Minister Vijay Shah's apology for his 'crass remarks' against Colonel Officer Sofiya Qureshi, who was among three Army officials who were briefing the media on Operation Sindoor against Pakistan. The court reprimanded the minister, calling the apology insincere "crocodile tears" and pointing out that his remarks were "completely thoughtless".

"The kind of crass comments you made, completely thoughtlessly. What prevented you from making a sincere attempt? We don't require your apology. We know how to deal with as per the law," Justice Surya Kant said.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N. Kotiswar Singh further lashed out at Shah, saying, "We don’t need your apology. You are a public figure, and a seasoned politician. You should weigh your words. You were on the verge of using abusive language, you stopped. You were about to use filthy language, you couldn’t find a word so you stopped".

The Top Court constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising three senior IPS officers to probe the FIR against Minister Shah, specifying that at least one of them should be a woman.