India News: The Supreme Court has ordered that convicted lawmakers could be removed from their posts forthwith, in a far-reaching judgement hailed by many as path-breaking but questioned by some as impractical and unjust.

The apex court on Wednesday scrapped a provision in the Representation of the People's Act that offered convicted politicians a three-month window to appeal convictions and keep their seats while those appeals were pending, a decision that could strike at the very heart of the country's political system where nearly a third of lawmakers at the Centre and states face criminal cases.


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