India, Jan. 6 -- Following the Bombay High Court's orders to exempt court staff from election duties, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, told the court on Monday that the letters to the court staff have been withdrawn. While the BMC claimed it had acted on a list supplied by the state government that allegedly included court staff, the court termed the issue "serious" and directed the civic body to make alternative arrangements.

Appearing before a division bench of chief justice Shree Chandrashekhar and justice Gautam Ankhad, Gagrani admitted that issuing the letters was a "mistake" and informed the court that a clarification had been sent to all concerned officials stating that court staff cannot ...