New Delhi, July 17 -- The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine AAP leader and former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti's plea contesting BJP leader Satish Upadhyay's victory from the Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency in the 2025 Delhi polls.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said it will hear the case in detail.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Bharti, told the bench that the High Court rejected Bharti's election petition on the erroneous grounds that he failed to make Congress candidate Jitender Kumar Kochar a necessary party in the case.

Bharti has challenged the Delhi High Court's January 17 judgment, which upheld Upadhyay's election.

The High Court had dismissed Bharti's plea while holding that the...