New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- A petition filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and 10 other INDIA bloc leaders against alleged electoral irregularities and the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI) will not be heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday after the registry flagged 14 defects, including a Rs.220 shortfall in court fees, an illegible photocopy of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's identity card and missing vakalatnamas for nine of the 11 petitioners.

The petitioners' legal team requested that the matter be listed on Wednesday after the defects are cured.

The registry objections could thus delay the Opposition leaders' plea seeking an independent, time-bound inquiry into decisions allegedly taken unilaterally by chie...