New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday requested a trial court to defer hearing on the charge in an alleged Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violation case against Delhi Law Minister Kapil Mishra to a subsequent date.

Mishra has sought a stay on the trial court proceedings, stating that the response received from X (formerly Twitter) is incomprehensible and in code language. He has requested an interpreted copy before the arguments on the charge commence.

The High Court was informed that arguments on the charge were listed for Friday.

After hearing the submissions, Justice Ravinder Dudeja requested the trial court to defer the matter.

"Since no time is left, it is not possible to hear and dispose of the petition today, the ...