India, June 25 -- The Bombay high court on Monday rejected a petition challenging Shiv Sena MLA Rajendra Gavit's election from the Palghar assembly constituency on the grounds that he had violated rules by disclosing he had a second wife while filling his nomination form.

A single-judge bench of justice Sandeep Marne ruled that the petition failed to show how Gavit's voluntary disclosure about his second marriage materially affected the election result. The bench added that the Shiv Sena leader had candidly and honestly disclosed the information relating to his second marriage, which could not be a ground for challenging his election.

Sudhir Brijendra Jain, a social activist, had filed an election petition in the high court, claiming th...