
Delhi High Court dismisses plea seeking voting rights for prisoners
Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 1:40 PM
The Delhi HC has dismissed a PIL seeking voting rights for prisoners, saying the facility was provided under the law and it can be taken away by law. A bench of Chief-Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said the SC has held that the right to cast vote was neither a-fundamental-right nor a common-law-right and was only provided by a statute.
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