No Voting Rights for Prisoners

In August 2019, the Election Commission of India informed the Delhi High Court that prisoners do not have voting rights under the Representation of People (RP) Act, 1951.

  • The ECI filed its affidavit before a High Court bench on a petition filed by three law students seeking to grant and facilitate voting rights to all persons lodged in jails across the country. The petition has challenged the constitutionality of Section 62(5) of the RP Act, which deprives prisoners of their right to vote. The three law students contended in their plea that a blanket ban on the prisoners’ right to vote ....
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