https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302864 Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 disables persons confined in prison or lawful custody from voting, and the provision is upheld as constitutionally valid. The Court treated the right to vote as a statutory, not fundamental, right and held that Article 14 permits a reasonable classification where there is a rational nexus with the legislative object. Prisoners were found to form a valid separate class because the exclusion supports probity in elections, limits criminalisation of politics, and promotes free and fair elections. The restriction was therefore held not to violate Article 14 or the basic structure. en-us Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 20:38:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302864 Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 disables persons confined in prison or lawful custody from voting, and the provision is upheld as constitutionally valid. The Court treated the right to vote as a statutory, not fundamental, right and held that Article 14 permits a reasonable classification where there is a rational nexus with the legislative object. Prisoners were found to form a valid separate class because the exclusion supports probity in elections, limits criminalisation of politics, and promotes free and fair elections. The restriction was therefore held not to violate Article 14 or the basic structure. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302864