New Delhi, April 16 -- The Delhi High Court has instructed the Saket trial court to defer the hearing in the defamation case filed by activist Medha Patkar against Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.

The High Court directed the trial court to schedule the matter for a date after May 20, as Patkar has challenged the trial court's decision to reject her request to introduce and examine an additional witness in her defamation case.

The bench of Justice Shailender Kaur, who is examining the matter, had issued a notice in Patkar's petition on March 27 and set the hearing for May 20.

During today's proceedings, it was revealed that the trial court had set April 19 as the date for final arguments. Patkar's counsel argued that procee...