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