'No whataboutery can justify voter disenfranchisement': SC judge; oppn says CEC 'exposed'
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan stated that any electoral process resulting in the mass disenfranchisement of citizens is unconstitutional and arbitrary. Opposition leaders have used these remarks to demand the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner, alleging constitutional violations.
Why it matters
This highlights a significant judicial-executive friction regarding the integrity of electoral rolls and the fundamental right to vote in India.
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday said any process that "disenfranchises millions of Indian citizens" is “intrinsically arbitrary” and a negation of the constitutional order. The remarks were then cited by opposition leaders to target Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.“If any process results in disenfranchising millions and millions of Indian citizens making them second class citizens in their own country in the sense of being citizens without voting rights, such a process is intrinsically arbitrary. No amount of whataboutery can justify it.
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