{
  "id": 11975368,
  "title": "'Strikes At Very Heart Of Constitution': SC Judge Ujjal Bhuyan On Mass Disenfranchisement | Video",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/strikes-at-very-heart-of-constitution-sc-judge-ujjal-bhuyan-on-mass",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T17:04:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/strikes-at-very-heart-of-constitution-sc-judge-ujjal-bhuyan-on-mass-disenfranchisement"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Hyderabad: Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday said any process which disenfranchises millions of Indian citizens was intrinsically arbitrary and a negation of the constitutional order. No amount of \"whataboutery\" can justify it. Speaking at an event at the NALSAR University of Law here, he said the Indian Constitution does not provide for two classes of citizens -- one class of…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "‘No amount of whataboutery can justify mass disenfranchisement’: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan amid SIR row",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/no-amount-of-whataboutery-can-justify-mass-disenfranchisement-justice",
        "published": "2026-10-04T13:29:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}