The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Karnataka legislator Ravikant S Patil who was disqualified by the state high court for conviction in a rape case at the time of his election to the assembly.
A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal, Justice C K Thakker and Justice R V Raveendran set aside the order passed by the high court in 2005, which disqualified the legislator on a petition filed by one S S Bagali under the Representation of People's Act.
Patil, who migrated to Karnataka, was convicted by a sessions court in Maharashtra in 1999
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