New Delhi, April 16 -- Reserving its order on comedian Kunal Kamra's plea seeking quashing of an FIR filed against him over defamatory remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the court on Wednesday stayed his arrest.

The 36-year-old stand-up comic is facing FIRs as he sparked a massive row after taking a swipe at Eknath Shinde in his stand-up show where he used a modified version of a Hindi song with "gaddar" (traitor) jibe to describe the 2022 rebellion of Eknath Shinde against Uddhav Thackeray.

A division bench of Justices S Kotwal and S Modak reserved the order.

After hearing arguments from both sides, the court asked police not to arrest the comedian till the order is passed in the matter.

The comedian has...