India, March 11 -- The Delhi high court on Monday rejected Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti's plea for granting more time to respond to written submissions in the case where he had challenged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian Bansuri Swaraj's election as MP from the New Delhi constituency in 2024.

Bharti told court that he did not receive the written statements filed by Swaraj and therefore had no time to address the issue in prior hearings due to the February elections.

A bench of justice Anish Dayal rejected the request after Swaraj's counsel Rajeev Sharma along with Siddhesh Kotwal informed the court that they had already sent a copy on Bharti's email in October 2024. The counsels further submitted that Bharti c...