Kapil Sibal said the lawyer has no ideology except the ideology that is embedded in the constitution.
New Delhi: Independent Rajya Sabha MP and top-of-the-line lawyer, Kapil Sibal, on the platform of the Legally Speaking event—the 3rd Law and Constitution Dialogue—talked on different topics, from the security of women to the importance of proportionate representation of the electorate based on several factors and not only based on population.
While answering whether a lawyer should have any ideology Kapil Sibal said a lawyer has no ideology except the ideology that is embedded in the Constitution. He further added that when we go to court, when we argue, the only Bible we have before us is the Constitution of India; we have no ideology inside the court, but we do have ideologies outside the court.
On whether the Parliament of India needs more parliamentarians Sibal said, “first of all, I would say Mohan Bhagwat ji has said that the people of India should produce three children from the healthy ratio of 2. I hope this is not an encouragement to the country to increase the population, as it may have far-reaching consequences. As far as more population is concerned, the system would not be able to administer a larger population. The larger the population, the larger the complexities to serve the 140 crore people.”
On Southern states not getting more seats as much as Northern states, Kapil Sibal said, “The complex issue the states are facing in the South is that since they have controlled the population, if the government increases the seats based on the number of the population, then those who have not been able to increase levels of literacy because of which the population is on the decline would be rewarded on grounds of increase in population. Whether it’s North East South India or North India, the country needs to reflect on the issues it has taken. Certainly, we require the increase of seats in the Parliament.”
On the safety of women Kapil Sibal said, “I was representing the state of West Bengal. I was asked by the court to give facts as the court wanted to ascertain the facts, and so we placed the facts before the court (in the RG Kar rape and murder case). Whatever suggestions the court has given have been implemented in the state of West Bengal, and much more needs to be done in other states of the country. Seems like we are concentrated only on the state of West Bengal. We need to make sure that women are safe in every situation when it comes to protecting women in hospitals, in different facilities, and in other states.”