https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170270 Articles 102(1)(e) and 191(1)(e) empower Parliament to legislate on disqualification for being chosen as, and for being, a member of Parliament or a State Legislature, but Parliament cannot defer that disqualification only for sitting members through section 8(4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. That saving provision was held ultra vires the Constitution. The text also states that the right to vote is statutory, and a person confined in prison or in lawful police custody under section 62(5) is deprived of that right; such a person therefore is not an elector under sections 4 and 5 and is not qualified to contest elections. en-us Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 16 May 2015 14:24:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170270 Articles 102(1)(e) and 191(1)(e) empower Parliament to legislate on disqualification for being chosen as, and for being, a member of Parliament or a State Legislature, but Parliament cannot defer that disqualification only for sitting members through section 8(4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. That saving provision was held ultra vires the Constitution. The text also states that the right to vote is statutory, and a person confined in prison or in lawful police custody under section 62(5) is deprived of that right; such a person therefore is not an elector under sections 4 and 5 and is not qualified to contest elections. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170270