Overview
- The bench, which heard the plea Monday, refused to order post-count deployment of central forces in West Bengal and asked the petitioner to move the Calcutta High Court.
- The applicant, Sanatan Sanstha, sought continued central paramilitary units and a monitoring panel led by a former Supreme Court judge to deter a repeat of 2021 post-poll violence.
- Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said decisions on law and order belong to the political executive.
- Counsel for the Election Commission said the poll body’s role ends when counting finishes, so it does not control forces after results.
- The court set the main writ for hearing on May 11 and noted that urgent local relief can be sought from the High Court.