Notice To Centre, Poll Body On Plea Related To Voting Rights To Prisoners
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A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi sought response from the government and Election Commission of India.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a plea challenging Section 62(5) of the Representation of People Act which deprives prisoners their right to vote.'
A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi sought response from the government and Election Commission of India.
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya, who pointed out that the wording of Section 62(5) uses 'confinement' as the yardstick, thereby, creating several anomalies.
Mr Bhattacharya filing the plea in 2019 challenged 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act 1951 which deprives any person confined to a prison of the right to vote at any election.
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