A bench of Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. Trivedi issued notices n a petition challenging Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which denies prisoners the right to vote. According to the petition, using incarceration as a yardstick to disenfranchise people has several drawbacks, including depriving under-trials
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