INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to spell out its stand on a plea seeking lifetime ban on convicted politicians,
including sitting lawmakers, from contesting elections as against the six-year ban from the date of release after undergoing sentence of two
years or more under the prevailing law.Justice N.V
filed by Ashwini Upadhyay, a Supreme Court advocate and a BJP leader, seeking deletion of the six-year ban under Section 8(3) of the
fast-track trials of sitting and former lawmakers facing criminal cases, was told by the high courts of West Bengal and Kerala that warrants
and summons issued by the trial courts were not being executed by the state police
