SIR strikes at heart of Constitution: Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan condemned the extensive deletion of voter names from electoral rolls due to the special intensive revision process. He emphasized that such actions undermine the core principles of the Indian Constitution and disenfranchise millions of citizens. Bhuyan highlighted that the right to vote is essential for free and fair elections in India. He urged that no citizen should be…
Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan warned that processes disenfranchising millions of Indian citizens are arbitrary and contradict the constitutional order at an event at NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad. He stressed that the Constitution does not differentiate between citizens with and without voting rights. Justice Bhuyan emphasized that the right to vote is a fundamental aspect of the Constitution's basic structure.
Any process leading to the disenfranchisement of numerous Indian citizens, rendering them without voting rights, would contravene Articles 326 and 14 of the Indian Constitution. He went as far as calling such actions a negation of the Constitutional order based on the Indian Constitution.
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