Supreme Court today on curbing criminalisation of politics, PIL to disqualify netas with chargesheet

SC likely to pronounce its judgement today on curbing criminalisation of politics. The question in a PIL which the sc will decide is whether a person should be disqualified from contesting elections if a court of law frames charges against him in a case involving a heinous offence. At present, a lawmaker is disqualified to contest for six years if he has been convicted in a case involving moral turpitude or corruption, or he has been convicted for any offence and sentenced to two or more years of imprisonment.