He was referring to V-P's remark that judges were acting like 'super Parliament'. Sibal added it is because executive is fallible that Constitution gives court right to interfere.
In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court had uploaded case documents, photos & a video of the cash discovery incident at Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma's house on its website.
Former Congress leader & Supreme Court Bar Association president also said new criminal laws are far more draconian than existing ones and prone to misuse by enforcement agencies.
You have two choices. Either you continue to support them and make them more powerful. Or, you throw them out, Sam Pitroda told Kapil Sibal at the online launch of his book, ‘The Idea of Democracy’.
Seasoned advocates to younger Bar members, several lawyers have appeared for petitioner Association for Democratic Reforms, respondent Union of India & intervenors. A look at who they are.
New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocate Kapil Sibal had a heated exchange in Supreme Court Tuesday over the Enforcement Directorate’s powers...
This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
Corrupt and unscrupulous lawyers like Mr. Kapil Sibal are the bane of Indian judiciary.
In the RG Kar case, the Supreme Court did not have time to deliver justice. The dates were given at an interval of more than 2 months.
But here, just because Mr. Sibal happens to be the drinking buddy of some Supreme Court judge, he has been given a date as early as tomorrow. This is the travesty of the Indian judicial system – it’s tailor made for the uber rich and well connected. The common man cannot and must not have any expectations from the Supreme Court.
How criminally partisan and parochial the higher Indian judiciary is. The Supreme Court, in particular, is an abomination.
Matters of extreme urgency and involving the futures of thousands of people keep getting listed with dates 6 (or even more) months down the line.
But if one can afford the services of lawyers like Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, the case gets listed right away – the very next day.
The Supreme Court, in reality, is just an old boys club. These people wine and dine together every weekend, and between themselves, they set things up including legal cases and judgements.
Corrupt and unscrupulous lawyers like Mr. Kapil Sibal are the bane of Indian judiciary.
In the RG Kar case, the Supreme Court did not have time to deliver justice. The dates were given at an interval of more than 2 months.
But here, just because Mr. Sibal happens to be the drinking buddy of some Supreme Court judge, he has been given a date as early as tomorrow. This is the travesty of the Indian judicial system – it’s tailor made for the uber rich and well connected. The common man cannot and must not have any expectations from the Supreme Court.
How criminally partisan and parochial the higher Indian judiciary is. The Supreme Court, in particular, is an abomination.
Matters of extreme urgency and involving the futures of thousands of people keep getting listed with dates 6 (or even more) months down the line.
But if one can afford the services of lawyers like Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, the case gets listed right away – the very next day.
The Supreme Court, in reality, is just an old boys club. These people wine and dine together every weekend, and between themselves, they set things up including legal cases and judgements.