{"id":215825,"date":"2026-04-13T13:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/?p=215825"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:07:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:37:30","slug":"right-to-vote-not-a-fundamental-right-supreme-courts-landmark-verdict-sparks-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/right-to-vote-not-a-fundamental-right-supreme-courts-landmark-verdict-sparks-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Right to Vote Not a Fundamental Right? Supreme Court\u2019s Landmark Verdict Sparks Debate!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a landmark judgment that redefines the legal landscape of Indian elections, the Supreme Court has ruled that neither the <strong>right to vote<\/strong> nor the <strong>right to contest<\/strong> an election is a <strong>Fundamental Right<\/strong> under the Indian Constitution. A bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice R. Mahadevan clarified that these are purely <strong>statutory or legal rights<\/strong>, governed by specific laws and limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While delivering the verdict in a case involving the Rajasthan District Dairy Union, the apex court emphasized that voting is a primary means of participating in a democracy, but contesting an election is an additional privilege. Therefore, strict eligibility criteria or disqualification rules set by law cannot be viewed as a violation of an individual\u2019s fundamental rights. The court set aside a previous Rajasthan High Court order, stating that the lower court failed to distinguish between the right to vote and the right to seek election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court further noted that institutions like cooperative societies have the power to frame their own by-laws to ensure administrative transparency. 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