Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal Expresses Disappointment Over Supreme Court’s Response to Voter Deletion Allegations

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal has expressed disappointment with the Supreme Court of India, stating that he has grown tired of repeatedly approaching the Court for the protection of citizens’ rights and has little hope left of obtaining relief.

Sibal made these remarks while addressing a press conference on Saturday, October 10, 2026, in response to police restrictions on protests held in Delhi against the Chief Election Commissioner and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.

“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,” Sibal said.

Sibal Questions Supreme Court’s Response to Voter Deletion Allegations

Referring to the controversy surrounding electoral roll revisions, Sibal alleged that the Supreme Court had repeatedly been apprised of concerns regarding the wrongful deletion and inclusion of voters’ names during the SIR process, but no effective relief had been granted.

He pointed to the proceedings before the appellate tribunals in West Bengal, stating that approximately 93% of the appeals decided so far had resulted in the restoration of voters’ names. According to Sibal, this indicated that a substantial number of voters had been wrongly excluded from the electoral rolls.

“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,” he said.

Sibal’s remarks were directed at what he described as the Court’s failure to provide relief despite repeated submissions concerning the electoral roll revision process.

Supreme Court Can Save the Constitution, Says Sibal

Despite expressing a lack of faith in obtaining relief, Sibal maintained that the Supreme Court remains the institution capable of protecting the Constitution during the present circumstances.

“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,” he said.

He added that he was speaking in his personal capacity and expressed uncertainty about whether approaching the Court would yield any meaningful outcome.

‘We Have to Fight the People's Cases’

When asked whether he was dissatisfied with the Chief Justice of India, Sibal declined to characterise his position in those terms.

“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 or not,” he said.

His remarks came amid continuing controversy over the SIR process and allegations concerning the deletion of voters’ names from electoral rolls.

Sibal’s statement reflects his stated frustration with the outcome of litigation concerning the issue, while reiterating that lawyers must continue to approach courts whenever they believe that injustice has occurred.