India, June 19 -- New Delhi

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the counting of votes in the Bar Council of Delhi elections over allegations of irregularities during the voting process, but ordered the results to be put on hold until allowed by the court to publish them.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant passed the order while examining a set of petitions filed by contestants aggrieved by the June 6 decision of the Delhi High Court to allow counting to proceed, after an interim stay had been granted by the top court on May 18.

Posting the matter to July, the bench, also comprising justice V Mohana, said, "It is directed that the counting of votes be completed at the earliest. However, the results of th...