A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Bombay High Court against the mass rejection of nomination forms for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. The petition, brought by businessman Mozam Ali Mir, alleges illegal demands for documents that are not required by the State Election Commission (SEC). The PIL was mentioned before Chief Justice Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad on January 7, 2025, and the hearing was scheduled for January 9, 2026. The petition targets the SEC, Maharashtra, and the District Election Officer-cum-Municipal Commissioner. It claims that Returning Officers rejected nominations for wards 1 to 227 on grounds beyond the official checklist, such as improper affidavit formats, defects in question-answer sheets, and missing no-objection certificates (NOCs) related to water, tax, police, and property documents. "The Returning Officers have arbitrarily rejected the nomination forms of numerous aspirants from the general public and Opposition parties on frivolous, hyper-technical, and non-statutory grounds," the petition states. The SEC's official notification from December 12 and 17, 2025, lists all required documents, and the PIL argues that additional demands violate the law. "Executive instructions or local circulars cannot override or supplement statutory orders of the Election Commission," it says. Citing constitutional articles and Supreme Court rulings, the petition stresses that only the SEC controls elections and municipal bodies cannot add extra conditions. It also notes that demanding multiple clearances within a short nomination period is impractical. Data annexed to the PIL shows 11,391 forms were distributed, but only 2,516 were submitted, a filing rate of just 22%. Specific wards like Ward 23 and K West had very low nomination submissions, hinting at widespread rejection. A follow-up letter requested transparency, asking for reasons and counts of rejected nominations for missing NOCs. The petition seeks court orders to review and quash improper rejections, restore valid nominations, revise election schedules, and declare affidavit and question sheet issues as fixable errors. The petitioner requests that candidates unfairly rejected be included back in the valid nomination lists for all wards from 1 to 227, with interim protection until the case is decided.