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Disqualification on Conviction
Scope
When a criminal conviction unseats a legislator or bars a candidate, and why the three-month grace period was struck down.
Authorities to start from
- Representation of the People Act, 1951, § 8
- Lily Thomas v. Union of India, (2013) 7 SCC 653
- Public Interest Foundation v. Union of India, (2019) 3 SCC 224
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