The Bombay High Court issued a notice to Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar seeking her response to a plea filed by BJP MLA Ashish Shelar to quash the FIR registered against him based on a complaint lodged by her.

The High Court has directed Pednekar to file her reply within two weeks. A bench of Justices PB Varale and AS Kilor also accepted the city police's statement that no coercive action will be taken against Shelar in the case and a chargesheet will not be filed till the next date of hearing in the High Court. In December last year, the Marine Drive police station registered an offence against Shelar after the mayor filed a complaint against him over some remarks made by him in a press conference.