Jamshedpur, Feb. 8 -- The controversy over the alleged selective application of the two-child rule in the upcoming municipal elections has reached the Jharkhand high court, with an Adityapur Municipal Corporation ward councillor candidate challenging the rejection of his nomination while other candidates with similar circumstances were allowed to contest, people aware of the development said on Saturday.

"I have filed a writ petition in the HC challenging the rejection of my nomination from Ward No. 24 of the AMC by the returning officer (RO) on the ground that I have more than two children, even though my first child was born in 2007, before the cut-off year of 2013, and I later had twins in a single delivery in 2023. However, the RO fo...