The Supreme court bench comprising Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. Trivedi issued notice in a petition challenging Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which deprives prisoners of their right to vote. The matter has been listed for December 9, 2022. The petition submits that using confinement in a prison as a yardstick to disenfranchise...