Jabalpur, June 17 -- The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday lifted the interim stay on the arrest warrant issued against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee, former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew, in a defamation case.

A single bench of Justice Pramod Kumar Agarwal dismissed Abhishek Banerjee's petition and lifted the stay, granted in November 2025, on the execution of the arrest warrant issued by a special Bhopal court.

The decision is likely to increase legal troubles for the Trinamool Congress general secretary, who is already facing an investigation by the Enforcement Directorate on corruption charges.

Akash, son of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, had ...