Supreme Court to hear TMC plea on May 2 against Central staff supervising West Bengal poll counting

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.