Bringing together minds to rethink law, justice, and civilization for a more thoughtful future.

The lecture explores a fundamental constitutional question:

Can a political movement or political party constitutionally organize itself in opposition to the Supreme Court of India?

Using the protests following the Supreme Court’s 2018 judgment on the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act as a constitutional case study, the speakers examine the constitutional boundaries between democratic dissent, political mobilisation, judicial independence, and the rule of law. Rather than advancing a political position, the discussion seeks to develop a constitutional framework for understanding how criticism of judicial institutions differs from conduct that may undermine constitutional governance.

The lecture brings together perspectives from constitutional law and political science to encourage rigorous academic debate on the relationship between constitutional courts, democratic politics, and institutional legitimacy.