MP HC stays ban on book 'Five Past Midnight in Bhopal'

Madhya Pradesh High Court stayed the order of a fast track court and additional district court for imposing ban on the publication, printing, distribution and sale of Five Past Midnight in Bhopal, a book based on Bhopal gas tragedy written by French writers Dominic Lapierre and Javier Moro.

The writers challenged the order of the lower court and said that there was nothing derogative and against the then Director General of Police Swaraj.

Justice Rajendra Menon while hearing the petition of Mr Pierre, Mr Javier and Publisher Shikher Malhotra, stayed the order.

It was reported that the book mentioned that on the next day of the world’s disastrous gas leakage tragedy, the state police head was busy in looking after the distribution of lunch packets and other allied works.