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India is not about one man, it is about us: Kapil Sibal
6 days, 20 hours ago

India is not about one man, it is about us: Kapil Sibal

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission is no longer an open institution and owes answers to the nation, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said in a speech during the ongoing debate on the Constitution in Parliament on Monday, when he raised a wide range of issues, from the crisis in Manipur to individual liberty. Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said the country had …

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Rajya Sabha MPs led by Kapil Sibal submit impeachment motion against Justice Shekhar Yadav: The proudly biased secularism of Indian 'liberals'
1 week, 3 days ago

Rajya Sabha MPs led by Kapil Sibal submit impeachment motion against Justice Shekhar Yadav: The proudly biased secularism of Indian 'liberals'

Op India  

A motion to remove Allahabad High Court Judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav from office was submitted to the Rajya Sabha Secretary-General on 13th December over his allegedly controversial statements. According to the motion, Justice Yadav “engaged in hate speech and incitement to communal disharmony in violation of the Constitution of India” in his speech and lecture at a Vishva Hindu Parishad …

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Will Cooperate And Continue To Participate In Delhi Police's Investigation: Activist Nadeem Khan To High Court
1 week, 5 days ago

Will Cooperate And Continue To Participate In Delhi Police's Investigation: Activist Nadeem Khan To High Court

Live Law  

Human rights activist Nadeem Khan on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that he will cooperate and continue to participate in Delhi Police's investigation against him in the case alleging that he promoted enmity and hatred.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for Khan submitted before Justice Jasmeet Singh that the investigation was ongoing and that the activist is participating in the. …

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Will Cooperate And Continue To Participate In Delhi Police's Investigation: Activist Nadeem Khan To High Court
1 week, 5 days ago

Will Cooperate And Continue To Participate In Delhi Police's Investigation: Activist Nadeem Khan To High Court

Live Law  

Human rights activist Nadeem Khan on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that he will cooperate and continue to participate in Delhi Police's investigation against him in the case alleging that he promoted enmity and hatred. Sibal said that the Delhi Police shall ensure that Khan is not harassed under the garb of investigation. While opposing the pleas, the Delhi …

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Allahabad HC judge to be impeached for ‘hate speech'? What Kapil Sibal said
1 week, 6 days ago

Allahabad HC judge to be impeached for ‘hate speech'? What Kapil Sibal said

Hindustan Times  

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said he and a few other members will introduce a motion to impeach Allahabad high court's Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, who gave an alleged anti-Muslim hate speech at an event of the Vishva Hindu Parishad. Supreme Court Bar Association president and Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal “I have spoken to Digvijaya Singh, Vivek …

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Reservation can't be on basis of religion: Supreme Court on West Bengal OBC case
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1 week, 6 days ago

Reservation can't be on basis of religion: Supreme Court on West Bengal OBC case

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday said that reservations cannot be granted on the basis of religion. The remark was made during a hearing on the West Bengal government's plea challenging the Calcutta High Court's decision to cancel the inclusion of 77 communities in the Other Backward Classes list in the state. A bench led by Justice BR Gavai made the …

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Supreme Court Stays Arrest To YSR Congress Party's Social Media Head For 2 weeks, Asks him To Approach Andhra Pradesh HC
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3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Stays Arrest To YSR Congress Party's Social Media Head For 2 weeks, Asks him To Approach Andhra Pradesh HC

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today granted protection from arrest to YSR Congress Party's social media head, Sajjala Bhargav Reddy to approach the Andhra High Court for appropriate remedy. On this, Justice Kant orally remarked that he partially agreed with what Sibal said but then the Court did not want to bypass the jurisdiction of the High Court. The Court ordered: "The …

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'Where are we taking country for political dividends?': Sibal on 'Shiva temple in dargah' row in Ajmer
3 weeks, 4 days ago

'Where are we taking country for political dividends?': Sibal on 'Shiva temple in dargah' row in Ajmer

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A day after a court in Ajmer issued notices in a civil suit claiming that there is a Shiva temple in the dargah of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Thursday termed the development as "worrisome" and wondered where the country was being taken for political dividends. A local court in Ajmer on Wednesday …

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CM Siddaramaiah reaches out to Singhvi, Sibal before Karnataka HC hearing
1 month ago

CM Siddaramaiah reaches out to Singhvi, Sibal before Karnataka HC hearing

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called on two top Supreme Court lawyers Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Kapil Sibal, separately to discuss the Mysuru Urban Development Authority case, in New Delhi on Thursday. This is in the wake of the hearing about the writ petition filed by Siddaramaiah challenging the Karnataka High Court upholding the governor’s nod to prosecute him in the …

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Mayor Bass said she’d save L.A.’s shelter animals. More dogs and cats are dying
1 month ago

Mayor Bass said she’d save L.A.’s shelter animals. More dogs and cats are dying

LA Times  

Dogs available for adoption look out of their kennels at the Chesterfield Square/South Los Angeles animal shelter in August. Agnes Sibal, a spokesperson for LA Animal Services, the city department that runs the shelters, pointed to an “overcrowding crisis” with “nowhere to house incoming dogs.” “This means that dogs with behavioral challenges are more likely to become at risk of …

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Delhi pollution: CJI says judges asked to allow virtual hearings wherever possible
1 month ago

Delhi pollution: CJI says judges asked to allow virtual hearings wherever possible

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday said all judges have been asked to allow virtual hearings wherever possible in view of the severe pollution levels in the national capital region. As soon as the bench comprising the CJI and Justice Sanjay Kumar assembled, lawyers, including Supreme Court Bar Association president Kapil Sibal, referred to the worsening pollution in …

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Delhi pollution: CJI says judges asked to allow virtual hearings wherever possible
1 month ago

Delhi pollution: CJI says judges asked to allow virtual hearings wherever possible

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday said all judges have been asked to allow virtual hearings wherever possible in view of the severe pollution levels in the national capital region. As soon as the bench comprising the CJI and Justice Sanjay Kumar assembled, lawyers, including Supreme Court Bar Association president Kapil Sibal, referred to the worsening pollution in …

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Justice Khanna bids adieu to Chief Justice Chandrachud: When a towering tree…
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Justice Khanna bids adieu to Chief Justice Chandrachud: When a towering tree…

India Today  

Chief Justice of India-designate Sanjiv Khanna, in an emotional speech on Friday, praised CJI DY Chandrachud and said that "when a towering tree of justice steps back, the winds move differently." Highlighting the profound impact of the outgoing Chief Justice Chandrachud, Justice Khanna said, "The forest will never be quite the same again." Addressing the event, Attorney General R Venkatramani …

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Tell Us Why Candidates Reiterated By Collegium Aren't Appointed As Judges : Supreme Court Asks Attorney General
3 months ago

Tell Us Why Candidates Reiterated By Collegium Aren't Appointed As Judges : Supreme Court Asks Attorney General

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Attorney General for India to give a tabulated chart of the candidates whose names have been reiterated by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as judges and give the reasons for not clearing those appointments.As per the judgment in the Second Judges Case, Collegium reiterations are binding on the Union Government. The Supreme …

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Supreme Court slams Bengal Government’s plan to hire private guards to protect women doctors
3 months ago

Supreme Court slams Bengal Government’s plan to hire private guards to protect women doctors

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the West Bengal government for its scheme to hire private security guards to protect women medical students, doctors and staff in government hospitals under the ‘Rattirer Sathi’ scheme. What safety would women doctors have,” Chief Justice Chandrachud asked the State sharply about the scheme notified on September 13. The Chief Justice said women doctors …

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Senior advocate Kapil Sibal objects to the live streaming of SC proceedings in RG Kar Hospital case
3 months ago

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal objects to the live streaming of SC proceedings in RG Kar Hospital case

Op India  

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who is representing the West Bengal government, objected to the live streaming of the SC proceedings in the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case. Urging the Supreme Court to stop the live feed, Sibal complained that it has tarnished the reputation of lawyers and has resulted in threats to them. Earlier, the Supreme Court instructed …

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PM's Visit To CJI's Residence Should Have Been Avoided :Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal
3 months, 1 week ago

PM's Visit To CJI's Residence Should Have Been Avoided :Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal

Live Law  

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal opined that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the residence of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for Ganpati Puja should have been avoided. Sibal was addressing the media in the context of the controversy created by the PM's visit to the CJI's residence. You should not lend yourself in a situation, where people can gossip …

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Kolkata Doctor Rape & Murder: SC Directs Protesting Doctors To Resume Work By Tomorrow 5PM
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kolkata Doctor Rape & Murder: SC Directs Protesting Doctors To Resume Work By Tomorrow 5PM

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the protesting doctors in West Bengal, who are abstaining from work as part of protests over the brutal rape and murder of an on duty trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College Hospital, to immediately resume work. The top court said that if the doctors return to work by 5 PM tomorrow, no …

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Disproportionate asset cases: Supreme Court stays restoration of trials against T.N. Ministers Ramachandran, Thennarasu
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Disproportionate asset cases: Supreme Court stays restoration of trials against T.N. Ministers Ramachandran, Thennarasu

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court, on Friday, stayed the operation of an August 9 judgment of the Madras High Court reviving the criminal prosecution of Tamil Nadu Ministers K.K.S.S.R. A Bench headed by Justice Hrishikesh Roy froze the implementation of the judgment by the High Court’s Single Judge Bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh, which had invoked suo motu powers of revision …

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Will Vice President, Prime Minister speak up: Kapil Sibal on killing of student 'mistaken' for cattle smuggler
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Will Vice President, Prime Minister speak up: Kapil Sibal on killing of student 'mistaken' for cattle smuggler

The Hindu  

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said the killing of a class 12 student after being 'mistaken' for a cattle smuggler was due to the encouragement given to the agenda of hate, and asked whether Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak up on the incident. The student, Aryan Mishra, was allegedly chased in a …

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Kapil Sibal responds to VP Dhankhar's criticism for ‘symptomatic malaise’ remark: ‘Seen this?’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kapil Sibal responds to VP Dhankhar's criticism for ‘symptomatic malaise’ remark: ‘Seen this?’

Hindustan Times  

Senior Supreme Court lawyer Kapil Sibal on Monday hit back at Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for criticising a purported resolution issued by the former as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association describing the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, as a ‘symptomatic malaise.’ Jagdeep Dhankhar and Kapil Sibal Taking …

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CJI Chandrachud, PM Modi present as Kapil Sibal raises bail concerns at trial court level
3 months, 3 weeks ago

CJI Chandrachud, PM Modi present as Kapil Sibal raises bail concerns at trial court level

Hindustan Times  

Senior advocate and Supreme Court Bar Association president Kapil Sibal on Friday stressed the importance of empowering trial courts, district courts, and sessions courts to deliver justice without fear or favour. Supreme Court Bar Association president and Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal addresses the inaugural session of the two-day National Conference of District Judiciary. CJI Chandrachud on colonial-era practice The …

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VP Dhankhar 'appalled' by Kapil Sibal’s description of Kolkata rape-murder case: ‘What a shame!’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

VP Dhankhar 'appalled' by Kapil Sibal’s description of Kolkata rape-murder case: ‘What a shame!’

Hindustan Times  

Hitting out at Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said he was “appalled, pained and somewhat surprised” that a member of Parliament termed the acts of violence against women a “symptomatic malaise”. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar listens to Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal in the House during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New …

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SC directs Omar Abdullah, his estranged wife Payal to appear at Mediation Centre over divorce petition
3 months, 3 weeks ago

SC directs Omar Abdullah, his estranged wife Payal to appear at Mediation Centre over divorce petition

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Friday directed National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and his estranged wife Payal Abdullah to appear for mediation at the Supreme Court Mediation Centre. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah directed them to appear for mediation at the Supreme Court Mediation Centre in an effort to reach a settlement. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing …

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