Published on : 25 Sep 2025, 1:06 pm 4 min read

The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the Madhya Pradesh government for failing to arrest police officers accused in the custodial death of a 25-year-old tribal youth despite a categorical order in May that they be taken into custody within a month [Hansura Bai & Another v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors] .

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan stopped short of summoning the Chief Secretary of the State and kept the case for hearing tomorrow at 10 am on repeated requests of the State's standing counsel.

The Court was hearing a contempt petition filed by deceased man's mother, Hansurabai, alleging wilful disobedience of the Court’s directions.

From the very outset, the Bench expressed displeasure at t

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