NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will hear a petition seeking to cancel the nomination papers of Pratibha Patil as a Presidential candidate on Tuesday.

The petition filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma was mentioned on Monday before a bench comprising Justice Tarun Chatterjee and Justice P K Balasubramanyan.

In the petition, the advocate has referred to the allegations against Patil and her family members for cancelling her nomination papers.