SC Rejects Bengal's Objection to Judicial Officer Training Module for Electoral Rolls

• Supreme Court refused West Bengal's objection to the Election Commission's training module for judicial officers.
• The state argued the EC issued directions "behind the back" despite court orders for modalities to be settled by the Calcutta High Court CJ.
• CJI Surya Kant stated judicial officers are not easily influenced and will make their own decisions.
• The bench emphasized that neither the EC nor the state can go beyond the apex court's orders.
• SC had previously directed deployment of serving/former district judges and civil judges from West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha for the SIR exercise.