NEW DELHI: Even as it granted interim relief to two imprisoned MLAs from Maharashtra to vote in the state legislative council elections, the Supreme Court said on Monday that it would revisit the law on the rights of jailed members of legislative assembly (MLAs) to vote.

Anil Deshmukh, former Maharashtra home minister and cabinet minister Nawab Malik had sought relief from the Supreme Court on Monday, requesting that they be released from jail for a day so that they could vote in the legislative council elections.

After being accused of separate money laundering and corruption investigations, Malik and Deshmukh are now in prison. The two leaders filed a petition with the court, arguing that as members of the Legislative Assembly and representatives of their respective constituencies, they should be able to vote in the Council election.

While denying them the right to vote, the Supreme Court noted that the petition posed a critical legal question about an MLA's right to vote in MLC elections on behalf of his constituency.

A division bench of the Supreme Court orally commented, "It is slightly undemocratic" because a person who has been elected to the assembly but cannot vote in the legislative council polls,  media quoted.

The MLAs' petition to be allowed to vote was also dismissed by the Bombay High Court on Friday, stating that "the constitutional right to vote is not absolute."

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