India, March 20 -- A Delhi court on Thursday sought a police report on law minister Kapil Mishra's alleged inflammatory post on Twitter (now X) for which he was booked for violating the Model Code of Conduct in the run-up to the 2020 assembly elections.

Additional chief judicial magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasia directed the deputy police commissioner (Northwest) to get information from X regarding the post and posted the matter for hearing next on April 8. Mishra was granted an exemption from appearance for Thursday's hearing.

The Delhi high court on Tuesday refused to immediately stay trial court proceedings against Mishra. A local court this month declined to junk proceedings and quash the summons issued to Mishra. In a 15-page order, spe...