Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 545 · Decided 9 July 1997
Anukul Chandra Pradhan v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 545 · [1997] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 641
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 137/1996
- Decided
- 9 July 1997
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, SUJATA V. MANOHAR, B.N. KIRPAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 21, 32; Representation of the People Act Section 62, 16
Headnote
v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. JULY 9, 1997 (J.S. VERMA, CJ., SUJATA V. MANOHAR AND B.N. KIRPAL, JJ.) Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951-Section 62(5)-'-Denial of Right to Vote-Plisoners, persons under custody-Validity of-Held, provision is reasonable and valid. Constitution of the validity of Section 62(5) of the Repre- D sentation of the People Act, 1951, on the grounds that the provision in as much as it debars the prisoners or persons othernise in custody from exercising their right to vote violates Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution, that the expression has
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