https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302832 The court dismissed the petition of an elected Legislative Assembly representative seeking permission to vote in the Rajya Sabha Election while in pretrial custody, citing Section 62(5) of the Representation of People Act, 1951, which prohibits voting for individuals in custody unless under preventive detention. The court emphasized the statutory bar on voting rights for confined individuals and upheld the constitutionality of the provision, ultimately ruling that the petitioner was ineligible to participate in the election. en-us Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 20 Jun 2022 21:16:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302832 The court dismissed the petition of an elected Legislative Assembly representative seeking permission to vote in the Rajya Sabha Election while in pretrial custody, citing Section 62(5) of the Representation of People Act, 1951, which prohibits voting for individuals in custody unless under preventive detention. The court emphasized the statutory bar on voting rights for confined individuals and upheld the constitutionality of the provision, ultimately ruling that the petitioner was ineligible to participate in the election. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302832