Justice Ujjal Bhuyan says wholesale disenfranchisement would violate Articles 326 and 14

4 October 2026

Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan delivered the valedictory address at the 19th Justice B.R. Sawhney Memorial Moot Court Competition at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, on 4 October 2026. He said that any process which leads to wholesale disenfranchisement would be violative of Articles 326 and 14 of the Constitution. He said the right of an Indian citizen to cast a vote is central to the basic structure doctrine itself. He referred to Articles 14, 325 and 326 and to the procedures for electoral rolls under the Representation of the People Act, 1950.