New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- A woman journalist has approached the Delhi High Court seeking the quashing of an FIR accusing her of making casteist remarks against a police officer, alleging that the case was lodged in retaliation for her complaint accusing the officer of sexual assault.

The journalist, Rosy, has also sought interim protection from arrest and other coercive action while the court considers her challenge to the FIR registered at the Parliament Street police station.

Earlier, the Delhi High Court declined to urgently list the matter for hearing on the same day and agreed to hear it on Friday. The plea was mentioned before a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma, where counsel for th...