New Delhi, July 13 -- The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Janata Dal (Secular) leader and MLA HD Revanna on a plea filed by the Karnataka government challenging a High Court order quashing the charge of outraging a woman's modesty against him.

A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran asked Revanna to file a counter affidavit to the state government's petition.

The High Court had discharged Revanna under Section 354 but had retained the charges under Section 354A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code and asked the trial court to explore whether the limitation period to take cognisance can be extended.

During the hearing, the apex court questioned the Karnataka government as to why it did not challenge the or...