Supreme Court Overrules Previous Decisions on Election Disqualification Due to Conviction. The court clarified that an appellate acquittal does not retrospectively wipe out disqualification incurred due to a conviction exceeding two years....
The case involved two appeals concerning the disqualification of candidates due to criminal convictions. The first appeal, C.A. No. 8213/2001, arose from the election of P. Jayarajan, who was convicte...




