Senior advocate Kapil Sibal said he has lost faith in the Supreme Court, claiming 'no relief was given' despite repeatedly filing pleas to protect citizens' rights.
At a press conference on Saturday, Sibal discussed the petitions on SIR and the curbs Delhi Police imposed on Saturday on protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
"I am tired of keeping on going to the Supreme Court," Kapil Sibal said. "I am speaking for myself. I don't think there is any use of going there. I don't have much hope in the Supreme Court of India."
Sibal said that the Supreme Court had been repeatedly informed about issues with the SIR process, but it has yet to provide relief, because of which he doesn't have faith in the apex court.
"We go to the Court, but I don't know if we will get any relief. The people of the country feel that this Government should go. If anybody can save the Constitution in these times, it is the Supreme Court of India. But I am tired. I am tired of keeping on going to the Supreme Court. I am speaking for myself. I don't think there is any use of going there. I don't have much hope in the Supreme Court of India. Whatever has to happen, will happen."
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"We told the Supreme Court many times that the voters' names are being wrongly deleted and wrongly included; we argued for months. The evidence is before the public. And the appellate tribunals now say 93% of the voters were wrongly removed. So the Supreme Court must have known. But no relief was given. So I am speaking for myself; I don't have (faith)," Sibal said.
When asked whether he was dissatisfied with the Chief Justice, Sibal said: "We are lawyers; there is no question of being satisfied or dissatisfied. We have to fight the people's cases. If there is injustice, we have to file a petition, whether the Court hears it or not."
(With inputs from LiveLaw)
