India, March 18 -- Delhi law minister Kapil Mishra moved the Delhi high court on Monday against a city court's order refusing to junk proceedings against him over his alleged inflammatory remarks ahead of the 2020 assembly elections.

The first information report (FIR) in the case, registered on January 24, 2020, accused Mishra of violating the model code of conduct (MCC) and the Representation of the People (RP) Act after he allegedly posted inflammatory content on social media.

The matter is listed before a bench of justice Ravinder Dudeja for Tuesday.

Mishra approached the high court after a city court on March 7 refused to quash the summons issued to the minister. In his 15-page order, special judge Jitendra Singh said Mishra's alle...