Supreme Court rules charge-sheeted candidates can't be barred from contesting elections
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Channel: ThePrint · 2018 · News & Politics
Observing that criminalisation of politics in the world’s largest democracy is “unsettling”, the Supreme Court Tuesday reiterated that all candidates will have to declare their criminal antecedents to the Election Commission of India before contesting an election. A five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, said that citizens have a right to be informed about the antecedents of their candidates and asked Parliament to consider framing a law to ensure decriminalisation of politics. According to the Representation of the People Act, 1951, a lawmaker is disqualified from contesting elections for six years if he is convicted of a crime and sentenced to more than two years in prison. The six-year period of disqualification begins the moment a politician is released from jail after completing his sentence. SUBSCRIBE to ThePrint : http://bit.ly/SubscribeToThePrint LIKE ThePrint on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/theprintindia/ Follow ThePrint on Twitter : https://twitter.com/theprintindia Follow ThePrint on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/theprintindia/
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