December 7, 2020
Can’t disqualify convicted politicians from contesting elections for life, govt tells SC
Source:-https://theprint.in New Delhi: The central government Thursday opposed a plea to impose lifetime ban on politicians convicted of criminal cases from contesting elections. The Ministry of Law and Justice made this submission before the Supreme Court in a case related to electoral reforms. The petitioner, advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, referred to the rule that debars