India, March 26 -- The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued a notice PWD and water minister Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma on a plea challenging his election from the New Delhi assembly constituency in the recently concluded Vidhan Sabha polls.

The plea sought directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct fresh polls for the seat, from where Verma was elected, on grounds that the election was held without following the prescribed procedures and guidelines.

Verma defeated former chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, which the latter represented since 2013, by over 4,000 votes in the assembly elections held in February.

A bench of justice Jasmeet Singh sought ECI's response in the plea filed b...