disqualification

On SC Judgments

A person who is an undertrial prisoner who is not convicted of any offence or a person who is in police custody without having faced a trial and conviction will be deprived of the right to contest elections........The intention of the judgment to remove persons convicted in serious criminal and corruption cases is good and laudable. However, the verdict that section 8(4) of the Act is ultra vires of the Constitution, poses certain problems.