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".........Representation of People Act, 1951 Section 62. Right to vote.—
(1) No person who is not, and except as expressly provided by this Act, every person who is, for the time being entered in the electoral roll of by any constituency shall be entitled to vote in that constituency.
(2) No person shall vote at an election in any constituency if he is subject to any of the disqualifications referred to in section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950).
(3) No person shall vote at a general election in more than one constituency of the same class, and if a person votes in more than one such constituency, his votes in all such constituencies shall be void.
(4) No person shall at any election vote in the same constituency more than once, notwithstanding that his name may have been registered in the electoral roll for that constituency more than once, and if he does so vote, all his votes in that constituency shall be void.
(5) No person shall vote at any election if he is confined in a prison, whether under a sentence of imprisonment or transportation or otherwise, or is in the lawful custody of the police:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to a person subjected to preventive detention under any law for the time being in force.
[(6) Nothing contained in sub-sections (3) and (4) shall apply to a person who has been authorised to vote as proxy for an elector under this Act in so far as he votes as a proxy for such elector.].
—So with reference to aforementioned:
Article 326 of the Constitution only permits the disqualification of a voter under the Constitution or a law on the grounds of “non-residence, unsoundness of mind, crime or corrupt or illegal practice”. And confers that the Election to House and Assembly shall be on the basis of Adult Suffrage; which in itself doesn't entitle citizens the right to vote; but entitles the class of citizens to be enrolled as voter.
It is 62 (1) of RPA, 1951 which confers the citizens the Right to Vote; and when one is not eligible to vote.
Hence "The Right to Vote" is neither Fundamental Right nor Constitutional Right but a mere Statutory Right or Legal Right.
The right originates from the Constitution and in accordance with the constitutional mandate contained in Article 326, the right has been shaped by the statute, namely, RPA, 1951.
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Comments
-cut off may hover around last year
-last year effect have many tukkabaj who have gone to attempt 90 ques
premeditated , some lucky ones may cause cutoff to increase--this will be the
single most factor of cutoff increase
-paper2 was no piece of cake with maths and multiple passage may brought
many hopes down ,especially of the junta who were busy in pt365 and all
those currants effect
my say for cutoff 111-120..(with 115 as the magic number) for IFOS it will be
definetely 120+
only in rare circumstances cutoff wll go down to 105-110 but with acche din
and less seats i dont see it's good chances
UPSC has become a danger with triple digit cut-off as the new norm .. orange
is the new black
last yr i predicted 117+/-1
".........Representation of People Act, 1951 Section 62. Right to vote.—
(1) No person who is not, and except as expressly provided by this Act, every person who is, for the time being entered in the electoral roll of by any constituency shall be entitled to vote in that constituency.
(2) No person shall vote at an election in any constituency if he is subject to any of the
disqualifications referred to in section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950).
(3) No person shall vote at a general election in more than one constituency of the same class, and if a person votes in more than one such constituency, his votes in all such constituencies shall be void.
(4) No person shall at any election vote in the same constituency more than once, notwithstanding that his name may have been registered in the electoral roll for that constituency more than once, and if he does so vote, all his votes in that constituency shall be void.
(5) No person shall vote at any election if he is confined in a prison, whether under a sentence of imprisonment or transportation or otherwise, or is in the lawful custody of the police:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to a person subjected to preventive detention under any law for the time being in force.
[(6) Nothing contained in sub-sections (3) and (4) shall apply to a person who has been authorised to vote as proxy for an elector under this Act in so far as he votes as a proxy for such elector.].
—So with reference to aforementioned:
Article 326 of the Constitution only permits the disqualification of a voter under the Constitution or a law on the grounds of “non-residence, unsoundness of mind, crime or corrupt or illegal practice”. And confers that the Election to House and Assembly shall be on the basis of Adult Suffrage; which in itself doesn't entitle citizens the right to vote; but entitles the class of citizens to be enrolled as voter.
It is 62 (1) of RPA, 1951 which confers the citizens the Right to Vote; and when one is not eligible to vote.
Hence "The Right to Vote" is neither Fundamental Right nor Constitutional Right but a mere Statutory Right or Legal Right.
The right originates from the Constitution and in accordance with the constitutional mandate contained in Article 326, the right has been shaped by the statute, namely, RPA, 1951.
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