The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a sessions court order that had stayed the filing of a first information report against commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for his social media posts in which he made sexually abusive remarks about the women employees of news outlet Newslaundry, reported Bar and Bench.Noting that the sessions court order stayed the filing of the FIR without giving any reasons, Justice Girish Kathpalia remanded the matter back to the judge there while asking him to pass a fresh and reasoned order.“This kind of stay does not convince,” the legal news portal quoted Kathpalia as saying. “…I want to understand what went in his [sessions judge’s] mind to stay the order. I will send it back to pass a reasoned order.”The High Court asked the Newslaundry journalists and Iyer-Mitra to appear before the sessions court on May 22. Kathpalia further directed the sessions court to decide the case within four weeks.Newslaundry’s Managing Editor Manisha Pande and other women journalists working for the news outlet had approached a magistrate court, stating that Iyer-Mitra had repeatedly used derogatory language and slurs to target them.On April 23, the magistrate court said that Iyer-Mitra could be charged under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections pertaining to sexual harassment and insulting the modesty of a woman for the contents of the tweets.The judge also observed that the “police investigation is necessary as the offence has been committed in cyber space”. He ordered the registration of an FIR against Iyer-Mitra for offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to sexual harassment and word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.The journalists have separately also approached the Delhi High Court with a defamation suit against Iyer-Mitra, seeking a public apology and Rs 2 crore in damages.Edited by Neerad Pandharipande.