Supreme Court Declines to Entertain West Bengal's Objection to EC Training Module for Judicial Officers

PTI, Feb 27, 2026, New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Friday refused to entertain the West Bengal government's objection over the training module issued by the Election Commission of India for judicial officers deployed in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said the judicial officers would not be “influenced by anything” and the orders passed by the apex court in the matter were as clear as daylight.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for West Bengal, mentioned the matter before a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.

“Something strange has happened. While your lordships passed the order that all the modalities will be settled by the chief justice (of the Calcutta High Court) and the committee, what they have done is, behind the back, they have issued directions to the judicial officers and issued a training module saying this is what they should accept and this is what they should not accept,” Sibal told the bench.

The CJI said the judicial officers deployed for the exercise in the state would take a call.

“We can’t hear like this. There has to be an end to it. We know our judicial officers, and they are not to be influenced by anything,” the CJI said, adding that the court has made it very clear what documents are to be looked into.

“Our orders are as clear as daylight,” Justice Bagchi said.