New Delhi, April 17 -- The Bombay High Court on April 16 reserved 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, however, stayed Kamra's arrest.

Kamra, 36, is facing FIRs lodged against him after he sparked a row by taking a swipe at Eknath Shinde in one of his stand-up shows. Kamra used a modified version of a Hindi song from Shahrukh Khan's Dil To Pagal Hai movie with a"gaddar" (traitor) jibe.

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

Senior advocate Navroz Seervai, representing Kamra, said the case fell within the 'rarest of rare' category and that the law machinery was used b...