India, May 2 -- 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".

The apex court's observation came while hearing the Trinamool Congress' plea challenging the Election Commission's directive to deploy central government and PSU employees as counting personnel for the West Bengal polls, reported news agency PTI. Track West Bengal election 2026 live updates.

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)...