Overview

• The division bench of Chief Justice G. Narendar and Justice Alok Mahara vacated the June 23 stay on rural panchayat elections.
• The court directed the State Election Commission to issue a fresh schedule for the two-phase polls originally set for mid-July.
• The Pushkar Singh Dhami government has been given three weeks to respond to PILs alleging irregularities in the reservation roster.
• Petitioners argue the roster breaches Article 243 and Supreme Court rulings by allocating multiple terms to the same reserved categories.
• The state defended its revised roster by citing a National Commission for Backward Classes report that voided the previous list.