Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- LIVE UPDATES From Supreme Court Hearing

Sibal: Milords this is a wealth of material with SIT, I cannot go on and on ...they did not investigate. Kindly come to 21. Guilds team checked these facts (in the pamphlets) and there was no corroboration.

Sibal: Page O, post facto claims by VHP leaders.

Bench: Page O is different in our file. That is page U.

Sibal: Our mistake, we have fouled it up.

Sibal: Kindly see Page M. This is Ashok Narayan, their officer. He says Govt. was noncommittal in taking action. This is not my statement, this is his statement to SIT.

Sibal: Hate spews out naturally through the media, Magistrate does not deal with it. The Govt. officials told Govt. to take action, till date no action.

Sibal: When they landed, whom they called, what was the response, why were they given delayed access. We tried getting information about operation Aman but RTI did not allow. He (Lt. Gen) got Sent medal for restoring peace in Gujarat but he did not have a kind word to say.

Sibal: That finishes Vol III. Now, Vol IV on hate speeches. Justice Khanwilkar has pronounced several judgments on hate speeches, I have an opportunity to rely on them.

Sibal: Kindly see pg 322. This was a part of official record, they could have investigated it. All of this was documented, why was it not investigated.

Sibal: 'The initial reaction of civil administration is tardy.'

Sibal: This is consistent will other evidence. He (Lt. Gen) could not even contact the public servants.

Sibal: Yes. Milords, now see what he says in the book.

Sibal: They remained stranded at the airfield [No transportation provided to them for a long time]. I am not using this as substantive evidence, had they taken his statement all these would have come on record.

Bench: When was the book published? Was it available?

Sibal: Probably not. But my argument is, his statement was not taken. 2018.

Bench: So this was not before SIT.

Sibal: Now deployment of army. [Referring to the relevant page] This is a memoir of Lt. Gen. Zameeruddhin Shah who led this operation in Gujarat. His statement not recorded. Where they quick access or not? If they were not given quick access, then why not?