https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=424142 Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 bars persons confined in prison or in lawful police custody from voting, subject only to the preventive detention exception. The Bombay High Court treated the provision as constitutionally valid and held that the right to vote in the relevant electoral college remains subject to statutory regulation. It further held that courts cannot grant temporary bail or escort arrangements to override an express legislative prohibition, unless a legally cognisable exception or exceptional abuse of process is shown, which was not established here. en-us Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 19:01:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=424142 Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 bars persons confined in prison or in lawful police custody from voting, subject only to the preventive detention exception. The Bombay High Court treated the provision as constitutionally valid and held that the right to vote in the relevant electoral college remains subject to statutory regulation. It further held that courts cannot grant temporary bail or escort arrangements to override an express legislative prohibition, unless a legally cognisable exception or exceptional abuse of process is shown, which was not established here. Case-Laws Money Laundering Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=424142