Madhya Pradesh high court refuses to quash defamation FIR against Shivraj Singh Chouhan, 2 others

The Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld the FIR against former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP state president V D Sharma, and ex-minister Bhupendra Singh in a defamation suit filed by Congress member Vivek Tankha. Tankha alleges a false defamatory campaign by the trio accusing him of opposing OBC reservation, despite a Supreme Court stay on the reservation being upheld.