Unthinkable, says Kapil Sibal on Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair's arrest

New Delhi, July 3

Expressing concern over the current state of the judiciary, Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Sunday said some members of the institution have “let us down” and “I hang my head in shame” for what has happened in the recent past.

In an interview, Sibal said, “In recent years, free speech, and how it has been interpreted by the Supreme Court, unfortunately, is not allowed the space that is constitutionally permissible to it.”

Talking about the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, he said for a tweet four years ago without any communal outcome, it is “unthinkable” for that person to have been arrested. Attacking the BJP-led government at the Centre, he said there was a “de facto emergency” in place with “throttling” of institutions. The rule of law is “infringed’’ on a daily basis, he alleged.