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The Officer Who Must Police the Protest That Protects Her Own Right to Protest

Recent student and political protests at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi have seen clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement over administrative grievances, prompting a philosophical opinion piece invoking Rousseau's social contract theory and Gandhian Satyagraha to examine the ethical boundary between constitutional dissent and disruption that erodes institutional legitimacy.