Bhopal, June 18 -- The Madhya Pradesh high court's Jabalpur bench lifted the interim stay on the arrest warrant issued against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee after he repeatedly failed to appear in court in connection with a defamation case filed by former MLA Akash Vijayvargiya.

The single bench of justice Pramod Kumar Agrawal on Wednesday said, "No one appeared for the petitioner even in the pass over round. No one has appeared on behalf of petitioner in the first round also. It seems that petitioner has lost interest in pursuing this petition. This Court by order on November 12, 2025 has stayed the proceedings for execution of arrest warrant issued by special judge, MP/MLA, Bhopal. Accordingly, the stay granted in favou...