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Kapil Sibal
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- Born 08 August 1948
- Age 76
- Birth Place Jalandhar, East Punjab, India
- Profession Senior Advocate, Politician
- Political Party Independent
- In Office Union Minister Of Communications And Information Technology, Government Of India 19 January 2011 - 26 May 2014, Union Minister Of Human Resource Development, Government Of India 29 May 2009 - 29 October 2012, Union Minister Of Science And Technology, Government Of India 23 May 2004 - 22 May 2009, Union Minister Of Earth Sciences, Government Of India 29 January 2006 - 22 May 2009, Union Minister Of Law And Justice, Government Of India 11 May 2013 - 26 May 2014, Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabhafrom Delhi NCT 10 May 2004 - 16 May 2014
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Kapil Sibal BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 09 Feb 2025
Kapil Sibal: A Legal Luminary and Political Veteran Born August 8, 1948, Kapil Sibal is a prominent Indian lawyer and politician. A senior advocate, he's currently President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), a position he previously held and recently reclaimed for 2024-25. His distinguish...
Kapil Sibal PERSONAL LIFE
| Father | Hira Lal Sibal |
| Spouse | Nina Sibal (1973; died 2000), Promila Sibal (2005), |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Education | St. Stephen's College, Delhi (B.A., M.A.), Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (LL.B.), Harvard Law School, (LL.M.) |
POSITIONS HELD BY Kapil Sibal
| Position | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Minister of Law and Justice of India | 11 May 2013 - 25 May 2014 |
| Minister of Communications and Information Technology | N/A |
| Member of Rajya Sabha | N/A |
| Member of the 15th Lok Sabha | N/A |
KAPIL SIBAL NEWS
Rijiju remarks on Collegium disturbing, Opposition must not back NJAC: Kapil Sibal
December 20, 2022 12:59 am
Sibal, an independent MP, also said that the Opposition parties should not extend support to the government if it brings back the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill in a new avatar.
Kapil Sibal interview: 'Kiren Rijiju’s remarks on judges and Supreme Court are disturbing, entirely inappropriate'
December 20, 2022 9:57 pm
Former Union law minister Kapil Sibal tells The Indian Express the govt is 'targeting' higher judiciary because 'it wants to capture the last remaining citadel of freedom after having captured everything else'
Money laundering case: Agency trying to reprobe same set of facts, Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar tells Delhi HC
December 16, 2022 1:06 pm
Appearing for the Congress leader, senior advocate Kapil Sibal submitted that the Enforcement Directorate till date has not attached any property of Shivakumar in the case registered in 2020 that pertained to disproportionate assets acquired by him between 2013 and 2018.
Maybe EC itself needs a model code of conduct: Kapil Sibal on poll watchdog's freebies letter
October 05, 2022 12:36 pm
Sibal said, "Election Commission does a u-turn after filing affidavit in Supreme Court that it will stay out on freebie debate. Would amount to overreach. Now wishes to include it in the Model Code of Conduct."
People living in constant fear, says Kapil Sibal at book launch
September 24, 2022 7:40 pm
Highlighting the problems with the country's judiciary, Sibal said that most of the litigation in the court is between corporates.
Plea for contempt action against Sibal: The law and the A-G’s decision
September 04, 2022 2:55 pm
Around the world, “contempt of court”, or simply “contempt”, is understood as a set of legal provisions that firewall courts, and safeguard and protect their ability to dispense justice.
'I hang my head in shame': Kapil Sibal on state of judiciary
July 03, 2022 1:59 pm
Talking about the arrest of Zubair and the denial of bail to him by a Delhi court, he said that for a tweet four years ago without any communal outcome, it is "unthinkable" for that person to have been arrested.
Daily Briefing: Rollback of Agnipath scheme ruled out; content on Islamic rulers cut in proposed NCERT changes
June 20, 2022 8:23 am
In today’s edition, we bring you the latest reports on the Agnipath scheme, the proposed changes to NCERT’s history textbooks, an Idea Exchange with Hinduism and Sanskrit scholar Wendy Doniger, and Neeraj Chopra’s meet-up with Jan Železný.
Kapil Sibal on Agnipath: ‘If somehow the process of recruitment gets skewed, it can disturb the ethos of the Army’
June 20, 2022 7:24 am
"Opposition targeted for political considerations… parties must support and protect each other," says former Congress leader and Independent Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal.
Inside Track: Suspect choice
June 19, 2022 8:40 am
Coomi Kapoor writes: Some suspect that the BJP’s surprise decision to field Ghanshyam Lodhi, and not Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, as its candidate for the Rampur Lok Sabha by-election is part of a secret understanding with former Rampur MP Azam Khan.
