The Supreme Court on Saturday told the Trinamool Congress (TMC) representative that the Election Commission of India’s circular on deploying central government staff as counting supervisors is “not contrary to rules”.
A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi underscored that the ECI is within its limits to select counting personnel, noting that “the ECI can choose counting personnel from only one pool (central government)” and that the circular “cannot be said to be incorrect.”
