New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Friday extended the stay on trial court proceedings against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in a defamation case filed for his alleged "scorpion on Shivling" remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked the complainant's lawyer "why be so touchy".

The order was passed by a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh after adjourning the matter on the request of Tharoor's lawyer.

The counsel appearing for the complainant, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajeev Babbar, has sought a hearing on a non-miscellaneous day.

To this, the Supreme Court bench said: "What non-miscellaneous day? Why do you want to be so touchy about all this? Let us close all this."

The Congress MP had approa...