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Indian MPs and state legislators voted on Monday to elect the country's next president for five years.
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Until last July, convicted Indian MPs could continue in office simply by filing endless appeals in the country's slow, inefficient court system.
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About 210 of the 543 Indian MPs elected during the summer are over 56 years of age and 35 are septuagenarians.
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Indian MPs also voted to lower to 16 from 18 the age at which a person can be tried as an adult for heinous crimes.
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According to National Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 186 or 34 per cent of new Indian MPs are charged with crimes.