No plan to amend law to give voting rights to undertrials: Govt in RS

In his written reply, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said the Supreme Court has upheld the validity of section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which debars a person to vote in any election if he is confined in a jail, whether under imprisonment or otherwise, or in the lawful custody of police and hence, in view of this, there are no plans to tweak the law.