Delhi HC Upholds Validity Of The Provision Which Prohibits Prisoners From Voting In Elections [Read Judgment]

Delhi High Court has refused to declare section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, which prohibits prisoners from voting in elections, as unconstitutional. While upholding the validity of the said provision, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar has held that the classification of the persons who are in jail and who are out of jail is...