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Sep 18, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Shafeeq R. Mahajir

    Constitutional cost of disenfranchisement: Appraising SIR (opens the original)

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    In constitutional democracies, universal adult suffrage is neither a statutory concession nor an administrative privilege; it is the foundational bedrock of popular sovereignty. When electoral roll sanitisation transitions from an inclusive audit into a mechanism of arbitrary exclusion, the democratic contract collapses. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) undertaken by the Election Commission of India (ECI) presents precisely this crisis. Framed officially as an exercise to purge duplicate and

  2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Shafeeq R. Mahajir

    Saharanpur mosque demolition: A state siege on minority rights (opens the original)

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    On September 5, 2026, a century-old mosque situated within the District Magistrate’s Collectorate complex in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, was completely razed in a pre-dawn operation commencing at approximately 5 am by local administrative authorities backed by an extensive deployment of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and the Rapid Action Force. Executed immediately following a lower court’s dismissal of the mosque management’s appeal, the sudden destruction of the well-over-a-century-old

  3. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Shafeeq R. Mahajir

    The rule of law: Bail, due process and citizenship (opens the original)

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    The controversy surrounding the grant of bail to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre in the alleged assault (I say alleged despite video evidence because a court will have to evaluate and pronounce upon the material) on doctors at a municipal hospital is not merely another episode in India’s crowded criminal calendar. It raises a deeper constitutional question: what message does the justice system convey when allegations of organised violence against healthcare professionals are met with what app

  4. Article · Jul 5, 2026 · Shafeeq R. Mahajir

    Pathology of power: When democracy rewards defiance (opens the original)

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    A “leader” slaps a teacher. A “leader” forces food into the mouth of a fasting canteen employee. A journalist who wrote against some leaders is murdered. A journalist who investigated a politically inconvenient matter is charged and sent to prison. Students who raised questions are charged and sent to prison. Trees are cut down in a national park despite a court restraint. SC guidelines are not implemented. Faith in the administration, in the judiciary, erodes… What is going on, and why? Are the

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