ZIMBABWE-The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's election material challenge.

Tsvangirai is seeking an order compelling the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to open ballot boxes from last year's general elections

Deputy Supreme court chief justice Chief Justice Luke Malaba, Justice Paddington Garwe and Justice Ben Hlatshwayo will preside over the case which was dismissed last August by Justice Chenembiri Bhunu in the Electoral Court.

Bhunu did not only dismiss the case by directed the then Attorney General Johannes Tomana to arrest Tsvangirai's lawyers Alec Muchadehama, Advocate Lewis Uriri and Tarisai Mutangi.

The attorneys were accused of filing court documents containing disparaging remarks about the country's judiciary.

The MDC-T leader had challenged the Electoral Court to grant an order allowing him to open and inspect the sealed ballot boxes and sealed packets relating to the July 31 presidential election which was won by President Robert Mugabe.

ZEC declared Mugabe the winner with 61 percent of the vote against 33 percent for Tsvangirai who refused to accept defeat claiming the election was fraudulent.

Douglas Mwonzora the MDC-T spokesperson confirmed the development saying his party "has a kin interest" in the matter.

"We are very happy by this development and very eager and anxious of its outcome," said Mwonzora.