<span style="color: #222222;">The Delhi High Court today sought responses of the Election Commission and the Centre on a plea by 11 Independent candidates challenging rejection of their nominations for the forthcoming Delhi Assembly polls.<br />''<br />''A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notices to the Centre and the EC seeking their stand on the candidates' plea. Candidates also challenged a single judge order declining to entertain their petition in the matter.<br />''<br />''The division bench said it will hear the matter on Wednesday. </span><br />