SIR strikes at heart of Constitution: Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has criticized the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, which has led to the mass deletion of names from voter lists. He argued that disenfranchising citizens without due process is unconstitutional and undermines the core of Indian democracy.
Why it matters
This highlights a significant judicial critique of administrative electoral processes, raising concerns about the protection of voting rights and the potential for systemic disenfranchisement in India.
NEW DELHI: Launching a scathing attack on special intensive revision (SIR) that has resulted in large-scale deletion of names from voter lists across states, Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday said any process disenfranchising millions of Indian citizens was intrinsically arbitrary as it struck at the heart of the Constitution.Discounting the reasons given by govt and EC to justify SIR, which was upheld in the case of the revision of rolls in West Bengal by SC with modifications, Justice Bhuyan said, "No amount of whataboutery can justify it. It strikes at the very heart of Constitution.
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