https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169998 Parliament was competent to amend Section 3 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 so that a Council of States candidate need only be an elector in India, because the Constitution does not expressly require State residence as a pre-election qualification for that House. The amendment was therefore upheld as within legislative power and not contrary to the constitutional scheme. The open ballot amendments in Sections 59, 94 and 128 were also sustained, because secrecy of voting is not an absolute rule in every electoral context and Parliament could adopt open ballot for indirect Rajya Sabha elections to deter cross-voting, money power, and corruption. The challenge to the voting procedure failed, and the impugned amendments were upheld. en-us Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 21:55:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169998 Parliament was competent to amend Section 3 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 so that a Council of States candidate need only be an elector in India, because the Constitution does not expressly require State residence as a pre-election qualification for that House. The amendment was therefore upheld as within legislative power and not contrary to the constitutional scheme. The open ballot amendments in Sections 59, 94 and 128 were also sustained, because secrecy of voting is not an absolute rule in every electoral context and Parliament could adopt open ballot for indirect Rajya Sabha elections to deter cross-voting, money power, and corruption. The challenge to the voting procedure failed, and the impugned amendments were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169998