New Delhi, May 2 -- The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the Election Commission's directive keeping central government employees as counting supervisors in the West Bengal assembly elections, handing the Trinamool Congress a significant legal defeat, even as repolling began at 15 booths in South 24 Parganas over alleged EVM tampering.

The Supreme Court on Saturday declined to strike down the Election Commission of India's circular deploying central government and public sector employees as counting supervisors in the West Bengal assembly elections, ruling that the arrangement cannot be said to be incorrect. A special bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi heard the matter on a petition filed by the All India Trina...