https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463116 Disqualification of a legislator under Article 191(1)(e) read with the Representation of the People Act arises from the actual time of conviction, not retrospectively from the beginning of that day. A vote cast before conviction and sentencing on the same date therefore remains valid and cannot be invalidated by a later disqualification. Construing the disqualification to relate back would make its consequence precede the conviction and conflict with the presumption of innocence. Where a challenge to an election result depends solely on invalidating that vote, no declaration of the challenger as elected follows once the vote is valid. en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 20:34:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463116 Disqualification of a legislator under Article 191(1)(e) read with the Representation of the People Act arises from the actual time of conviction, not retrospectively from the beginning of that day. A vote cast before conviction and sentencing on the same date therefore remains valid and cannot be invalidated by a later disqualification. Construing the disqualification to relate back would make its consequence precede the conviction and conflict with the presumption of innocence. Where a challenge to an election result depends solely on invalidating that vote, no declaration of the challenger as elected follows once the vote is valid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463116