‘Ascertain willingness of prisoners under preventive detention laws to cast their votes in Assembly elections’

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Friday directed the Secretary of Madurai District Legal Services Authority to sojourn the Madurai Central Prison and ascertain the willingness of prisoners detained nether the preventive detention laws to formed their ballot successful the 2026 Assembly elections.

A Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and M. Jothiraman made it wide that the workout should beryllium confined lone to those prisoners who are nether preventive detention and not to those successful judicial custody oregon convicted prisoners.

The authorities should guarantee that the willingness was obtained successful a just and due manner. After obtaining the willingness, it should beryllium forwarded by the Superintendent of Prisons, Madurai Central Prison, to the competent authorities, successful accordance with the circular issued by the Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services, Chennai.