Supreme Court Overturns Haryana Sarpanch Election Result After Recounting Of EVM Votes By Its Registrar

In a rare occurrence, the Supreme Court recently overturned the results of a Gram Panchayat election in Haryana after summoning the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to itself and recounting of votes by its Registrar.Upon recounting, the 'defeated' candidate was found to have obtained 51 more votes than the candidate who was declared elected. As such, subject to the final judgment of the Election Tribunal, the Court directed the Deputy Commissioner-cum-Election Officer, Panipat to issue within 2...

Supreme Court Recommends Creation Of Appellate Body For Orders Of Tariff Authority For Major Ports

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Aug. 12) recommended the formation of an expert committee to hear appeals against orders of the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP), constituted under the Major Ports Trusts Act, 1961 for tariff determination, in place of the current practice of filing appeals directly before the Supreme Court. “we recommend to make the remedy of appeal more effective and meaningful without disrespect to any authority. It would be appropriate if an expert appellate body is...

Supreme Court Summarises Principles Regarding Appeals Against Grant Of Bail

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Aug. 13) while setting aside Olympian Wrestler Sushil Kumar's bail in the Sagar Dhankhar murder case, had laid down the principles regarding the appeal against the grant of bail, stating that the appeal against the grant of bail and cancellation of bail are different concepts as both involve different parameters. The Court held that an appeal against the grant of bail can be entertained by a superior court if its shown that the bail order was passed without...

S.6(2)(b) CGST Act | Central Authority Can Issue Summons Despite State Authority Initiating Proceedings : Supreme Court

The Court also recommended greater coordination and intelligence-sharing between State and Central GST authorities.

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 14, 2025

Links of today's reports from the Supreme Court :Supreme Court Strikes Down 2007 Kerala Govt Order Capping Coconut Toddy Alcohol Content At 8.1% v/vSupreme Court Sets Aside Bail Granted To Kannada Actors Darshan, Pavitra Gowda In Renukaswamy Murder Case'Stray Dog Issue Due To Authorities' Inaction': Supreme Court Reserves Order On Plea To Stay Directions To Remove Delhi Stray...

Premium Whiskey Consumers Won't Confuse 'Blenders Pride' With 'London Pride' : Supreme Court Rejects Pernod Ricard's Plea

The Court observed that the trademarks 'Blenders Pride' and 'London Pride' were not identical.

'No Five-Star Treatment For Accused, Or We Will Suspend Jail Superintendent': Supreme Court Warns

While cancelling the bail granted to Kannada Actor Darshan in the Renukaswamy murder case, the Supreme Court has warned the jail authorities against providing any special treatment to the actor over his celebrity status.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan cancelled the bail granted to actors Darshan, Pavitra Gowda and five other accused in the Renukaswamy Murder...

Publish On Website List Of Voters Omitted In Bihar SIR With Reasons; Specify Aadhaar Card Can Be Submitted: Supreme Court Directs ECI

The Court directed that the website lists must be searchable based on EPIC number of the voters.

Supreme Court Sets Aside Bail Granted To Kannada Actors Darshan, Pavitra Gowda In Renukaswamy Murder Case

The Supreme Court today(August 13) set aside the bail granted to Kannada actors Darshan, Pavitra Gowda and five other accused in the Renukaswamy Murder Case. The other accused persons are, namely Nagaraju R., Anu Kumar@Anu, Lakshman M, Jagadeesh@Jagga and Pradoosh S Rao@Pradoosh.Allowing the appeal filed by the State of Karnataka challenging the High Court's order of December 2024 granting...

STRAY DOG CASES; SUPREME COURT HEARING- LIVE UPDATES

A three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court to hear the cases relating to stray dogs todayA bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice NV Anjaria will hear the matter.The directions to remove the stray dogs were passed by a bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan on August 11. This 2-judge bench had earlier (July 28) taken suo motu cognizance of...

Supreme Court Strikes Down 2007 Kerala Govt Order Capping Coconut Toddy Alcohol Content At 8.1% v/v

The Court's decision was based on an Expert Committee recommendation that the maximum allowed ethyl alcohol content be 8.98 % v/v.

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 13, 2025

Links of today's stories :Supreme Court Directs District-Wise Survey To Ascertain POSH Act Compliance By Employers'Gender-Neutral' Often Misunderstood As 'Gender Equality' : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Cancels Bail Of Olympian Wrestler Sushil Kumar In Murder Case, Directs Surrender In A Week'I Will Look Into It' : CJI BR Gavai On Plea Relating To Stray DogsSIT Flags Flaws In NOIDA's...