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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicKapil Sibal

Topic: Kapil Sibal

Sibal & CJI Dipak Misra are ‘related’ & CPI(M)’s ‘double standards’ in condoling deaths

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The Aadhaar challenge: 3 features that put constitutional rights at risk

Even if the state can interfere with a constitutional right based on some legitimate state interest, the intrusion can’t be arbitrary.

After Chelameswar letter, CJI finally calls collegium meeting to reiterate Justice K.M. Joseph’s name

Though Justice Chelameswar officially retires on 22 June, the day the Supreme Court breaks for summer – 18 May – will be his last working day.

New twist in CJI impeachment as Congress MPs withdraw petition challenging V-P Naidu order

SC allowed to withdraw petition after senior advocate Kapil Sibal took objection to the ‘overnight constitution of a five-judge bench’ to hear the case.

Venkaiah Naidu’s rejection of CJI impeachment motion politically motivated: 2 Congress MPs

Their petition before SC terms Venkaiah Naidu’s order as being ‘motivated by political consideration beyond the constitutional scheme’.

CJI impeachment: Karnataka polls delaying opposition’s counter-strategy

Congress, which said it would move the top court after impeachment motion against CJI Dipak Misra was rejected by the Rajya Sabha chairperson, is yet to take any step forward.

Congress set to move SC against rejection of CJI’s impeachment motion

Senior advocate & Cong leader Kapil Sibal calls Vice-President’s decision ‘hasty and illegal’, clarifies that he won’t appear in any case before CJI Misra.

VP rejects impeachment motion moved against the CJI, says allegations not backed by proof

Sixty-four members of the Rajya Sabha from seven opposition parties had submitted the motion to Naidu three days ago, the first ever against a CJI

Sibal who read out impeachment motion against CJI Misra had defended a judge 25 years ago

Veteran lawyer Sibal had defended SC judge V. Ramaswami in 1993 when he faced an impeachment motion over charges of financial impropriety.

Sibal pulls out of Babri Masjid case amid worries in Congress over damage to party image

Sources said the Congress brass was worried Sibal’s statements would be portrayed as the official party line.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.