India, Nov. 8 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday sought the Maharashtra government's response to a batch of petitions challenging the delimitation notifications for the upcoming local body elections across the state.

A division bench of chief justice Shree Chandrashekhar and justice Gautam Ankhad was hearing pleas filed against the delimitation process for several municipal corporations, including the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) and Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC), ahead of the long-delayed local body polls.

During the hearing, senior advocate Anil Anturkar, appearing for one of the petitioners, argued that the state's latest delimitation exercise violated the Supreme Court's directives.

"The Supreme Court had dire...