India, Jan. 7 -- Eight Mumbai residents on Tuesday moved the Bombay High Court, alleging that a polling official refused to accept their nomination forms for the municipal elections as independent candidates in four south Mumbai wards due to the direct interference of Maharashtra assembly speaker and Colaba MLA Rahul Narwekar.

The petitioners have urged the court to direct returning officer Krushna Jadhav to accept their nominations, as well as those of other aspirants who had paid the deposits and obtained tokens before the December 30 deadline.

Alleging that the returning officer acted at the behest of Narwekar, who was present in his office on the last day for filing nomination forms, the petitioners have also sought an inquiry into ...