The Indian Express ·
Madhya Pradesh High Court issues arrest warrants against 2 officials in contempt case
The court was hearing a contempt petition and noted that government officials failed to engage a lawyer or file a report despite receiving a notice in September 2025.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued arrest warrants against two government officials after they failed to appear before the court or file a compliance report in a contempt case, despite being aware of the proceedings. Taking strong exception to the authorities’ inaction, the court described it as a “very sorry state of affairs” and said they had shown “absolute inertia” in dealing with contempt petitions.
Justice Vivek Jain was hearing a contempt petition filed against two government officials on September 10 and found that they had appointed a contact officer but neither engaged a lawyer nor filed any compliance report.
“The aforesaid act of the respondents (government officials) depicts a very sorry state of affairs in the administration of the state government, whereby they have adopted an absolute inertia in the matter of contempt petitions, and they simply write a letter to the registry of this court informing about the appointment of a contact officer, but thereafter do not engage a counsel nor file any compliance report,” the court observed.