The Constitution of India was drafted for a state that acts through officers who apply their minds, record reasons, and can be questioned. Algorithmic governance was never approved by the constitutional design; it has simply arrived, and the doctrine is being asked to stretch to cover it. Constitutional doctrine built for accountable human agency confronts a process that is, by design, opaque even to its own creators. Towards a right to human decision-makingWhat India needs, whether through judicial interpretation of Articles 14 and 21 or through legislative codification, is a right to human decision-making wherever automated or algorithmic systems materially affect life, liberty, livelihood or dignity. Such a right would rest on modest, workable elements rather than a wholesale rejection of technology in governance.