Supreme Court to hear TMC plea on May 2 against Central staff supervising West Bengal poll counting
The Supreme Court will hear a Trinamool Congress (TMC) petition on May 2, 2026, challenging the Calcutta High Court's decision to uphold an Election Commission order. The order mandates that at least one counting supervisor and assistant at each counting table in West Bengal must be a Central government or Central PSU employee. The hearing is urgent as vote counting for the West Bengal Assembly elections is set for May 4.
- ▪The Supreme Court will hear the TMC plea on May 2, 2026.
- ▪The Calcutta High Court dismissed TMC's challenge on April 30.
- ▪The Election Commission order requires Central government or PSU staff at each counting table.
- ▪Vote counting for West Bengal is scheduled for May 4.
- ▪The hearing will be conducted by Justices P.S. Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi.
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A Special Bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled on May 2 to urgently hear a petition filed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party against a Calcutta High Court decision of April 30 dismissing a challenge to an April 13 Election Commission order that at least one counting supervisor and assistant at each counting table would be a Central government or Central Public Sector Unit employee at the West Bengal Assembly elections.A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi is scheduled to hear the petition on Saturday (May 2, 2026) itself as the counting of votes for West Bengal election is scheduled for May 4.
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