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Two petitions have been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging election of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia for allegedly violating poll campaign norms in the recent assembly elections in the national capital.

Justice VK Rao issued notice to Sisodia, the Election Commission’s Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) and the returning officer seeking their stand on the petition moved by one of the candidates who lost against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader.

In the matter pertaining to Kejriwal, Justice Mukta Gupta asked the petitioner to correct some typographical errors in the plea and no order was passed in it.

The petitioner, Pratap Chandra, has alleged that Kejriwal and Sisodia campaigned in the 48 hours prior to the date of polling in violation of the norms which prohibit such practice.