Justice A J Desai asked the Government to file its reply and kept the next hearing on April 7.
Before issuing the notice, the court inquired about the status of the petition filed by Hardik in the Supreme Court seeking to quash the case against him.
Hardik's lawyer Zubin Bharda said the next hearing in apex court was scheduled in the first week of April.
On March 11, Hardik approached the High Court after the sessions court rejected his bail application, filed after the city police's crime branch submitted a charge sheet in the case in January.
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Sessions court rejected his bail plea observing that he might repeat the offence.
Hardik and five others have been accused of inciting violence to mount pressure on the government for accepting the demand of reservations for the Patel community.