Malviya stated the choice to “not intervene” sends a transparent message that any makes an attempt to affect or forged doubt over the integrity of the counting course of is not going to discover simple validation. “In yet one more authorized setback, the Supreme Courtroom of India has refused to intervene. The Trinamool Congress had approached the Courtroom difficult the exclusion of State authorities staff from vote counting supervisor duties, and had sought an pressing listening to,” he posted on X. He added, “One other day, one other judicial rebuff for Mamata Banerjee.”

A particular Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi was constituted on Saturday to listen to the matter urgently, as vote counting is scheduled to start on Could 4. The petitioner argued that any delay would render the plea infructuous.

After listening to each side, the Courtroom declined to concern any instructions. It recorded the submission of the Election Fee of India (ECI) that its April 13 round can be applied in full.

The Courtroom famous that this contains the deployment of State authorities staff together with Central authorities and PSU personnel within the vote counting course of, as claimed by AITC. The Bench disposed of the matter with out passing additional orders, whereas reiterating the ECI counsel’s assertion.

The dispute stems from a communication dated April 13, 2026, issued by the Further Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. It directed that at the least one among the many counting supervisor or counting assistant at every desk have to be a Central Authorities or Central PSU worker for the Meeting election vote counting.