SC issues notice to Centre, EC on PIL seeking voting rights for prisoners, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and the Election Commission (EC) on a PIL challenging the vires of Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which deprives prisoners of their right to vote.A bench headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit...