India, March 26 -- The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued a notice in a plea challenging Atishi's election as the member of assembly from Kalkaji, accusing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader of "corrupt practices" in the elections last month and misuse of position as the chief minister for unfair advantage.

Atishi defeated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Ramesh Bidhuri by over 3,500 votes in February even as AAP was voted out of power and its top leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, lost.

A bench of Justice Jyoti Singh sought Atishi, Delhi Police, and the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s response to the petition of Kalkaji constituency voters Kamaljit Singh Duggal and Ayush Rana and fixed July 30 as the next date of...