The Bombay High Court has asked a magistrate in Thane district to hear afresh an application seeking registration of a First Information Report against NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad.
Earlier, the magistrate had rejected the complaint filed by Khush Khandelwal, a lawyer, demanding that police register an FIR against Awhad, a former Maharashtra minister, under IPC section 153 (a) (promoting enmity between different groups).
The copy of the high court order, passed by Justice Sarang Kotwal on September 6, was made available on Thursday.