India, Jan. 13 -- A city-based businessman has moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Bombay High Court's dismissal of his petition challenging the "mass rejection" of nomination forms for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections on "hyper-technical" and non-statutory grounds to "favour the ruling party". The Supreme Court has posted the matter for hearing on Tuesday, two days before the elections on January 15.

The special leave petition (SLP), filed by Mozam Ali Mir on January 10, states that the high court "erroneously dismissed" his public interest litigation (PIL) on January 9, stating that it is "not entitled to pass any order or issue such a direction, which can obstruct the statutory election process". Mir argued ...