Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the accused, had contended before the top court that he is 84 years old and incapable of sexual activities. Sibal said the accused was also willing to undergo a DNA test.
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Rahul Gandhi personally told me he never said what was attributed to him: Kapil Sibal
In his new tweet, Sibal said, “Was informed by Rahul Gandhi personally that he never said what was attributed to him. I therefore withdraw my tweet.”
Rahul Gandhi didn’t use ‘BJP agent’: Surjewala to Sibal as CWC meet heats up
Congress sources said that Rahul Gandhi at the CWC said, “What was the reason to write a letter when Sonia Gandhi was admitted in hospital and when the party was fighting the political crisis in Rajasthan.”
Kapil Sibal invites Tiranga TV scribes to discuss salary issues
HTN, originally known as Harvest TV Network, went live on January 26 this year. Later, the name was changed to HTN Tiranga TV.
Attended London hackathon in personal capacity: Kapil Sibal
New Delhi, Stating that he attended the EVM hackathon in London in his personal capacity, Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday called for a probe into the allegations made by a “cyber expert” including hacking of EVMs for the sake of free and fair elections. With Union minister Ravi Shankar[Read More…]
BJP interfering with judicial process in Ram temple case: Sibal
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Supreme Court lawyer Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to interfere with the judicial process in the Ram temple case by pressing the court to hold an early hearing. “What are they trying to do? To insist[Read More…]
Congress to move SC if Aadhaar amendments brought as money bill
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday said it will move the Supreme Court if the Narendra Modi government brings amendments to the Aadhaar Act as money bill to bypass the Rajya Sabha. The party also hailed the judgment as a big victory and said the decision to[Read More…]
MPs, MLAs can continue to practice as advocates: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking a ban on members of Parliament and legislative assemblies from practising as advocates. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar dismissed the plea saying there is no bar on lawyers, who are members of[Read More…]
“Modi has different yardsticks for BJP,” says Sibal in latest book
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has different yardsticks while dealing with corruption charges against BJP leaders and those in opposition who are targeted and humiliated by investigation agencies, says former Union minister and senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal. “Our judiciary too is under attack. But the most worrisome aspect of this government’s disdain[Read More…]
‘Kamdar’ Modi destroyed India’s economy: Kapil Sibal
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the “so-called kamdar” had destroyed India’s economy with no jobs and no solutions to rising unemployment. Sibal’s comment comes in continuation of the war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, as Modi on Saturday lashed[Read More…]
Smriti Irani accuses Sibal of being involved in land scam
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday accused former Law Minister and Congress leader Kapil Sibal of being involved in a “land scam” claiming that he bought a piece of land in Delhi worth crores for a “very small price” from an accused in a money laundering case. Referring to a report[Read More…]
High Court seeks CBI response on Karti’s bail plea
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file reply on the bail plea of senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram in the INX Media corruption case. Justice S.P. Garg also sought a status report from the probe agency and listed[Read More…]
Manmohan Singh, UPA stand vindicated in 2G scam: Kapil Sibal
Congress leader and senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Thursday said the acquittal of all the accused in the 2G scam vindicated then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the UPA’s stand that there was no scam in the allocation of spectrum and licences to telecom companies. “Manmohan Singh and the UPA[Read More…]
Mandir will be built when Lord Rama wants it, Modi will not build it: Kapil Sibal
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday in a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Ram Mandir will be built “when Lord Rama wants it and Modi will not build the temple”. “As far as Ram Mandir is concerned (Modiji), it will be built when Lord Ram wants[Read More…]
Congress slams UP CM for calling secularism ‘biggest lie’
Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday slammed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his remark that “secularism is the biggest lie since Independence” and comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government with Ram Rajya. The party retorted, saying what the Chief Minister said was perhaps the biggest lie. Adityanath, on[Read More…]
Cong dismisses rumours of party leaders unfollowing Rahul Gandhi on Twitter
There was much drama on Sunday following rumours that Congress leaders are unfollowing party vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Twitter. As the news spread, some leaders of the party received numerous phone calls. Party leader, Kapil Sibal, dismissed the reports and called them untrue. However, an associate said the staff operating[Read More…]
NOTA to stay in Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls, Supreme Court rejects Congress plea
The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a plea by the Gujarat unit of the Congress and allowed the use of ‘None of the Above Option’ (NOTA) during Rajya Sabha elections in the state scheduled for August 8. Refusing to stay the elections, the top court asked the Congress why[Read More…]
Monsoon session: Kapil Sibal denounces lynchings, calls them ‘grotesque violence’
Discussions on issues of national importance continued in the Rajya Sabha on the fourth day of the monsoon session of Parliament. Debates and discussions were held on issues like H1-B visa, India-China border standoff and mob lynchings. The Opposition led by Congress targeted the ruling BJP, where former law minister,[Read More…]
GST is good for government, but bad for people, says Kapil Sibal
Taking an indirect jibe at GST being called as Good and Simple Tax by the Centre, the Congress on Saturday termed the Goods and Services Tax(GST) as good for government and bad for people. While addressing a press conference, former union minister and senior Congress leader, Kapil Sibal, pointed out[Read More…]
He will never be the Prime Minister, they said…
We have seen it time and again that our political leaders are quite fond of denigrating each other. This is true for almost all the leaders and our Prime Minister has also been at the receiving end of it despite his huge fan-following. In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections[Read More…]
Who are we to call a 1400-year old tradition unconstitutional? says Kapil Sibal on Triple Talaq
Senior lawyer Kapil Sibal who is representing the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said the Supreme Court that if Ayodhya is a matter of faith, then it is same for Triple Talaq. “That Ram was born in Ayodhya is a matter of faith, not constitutional morality; same in[Read More…]
Will Smriti Irani send bangles to PM now?
Taking a jibe at Smriti Irani, the opposition lashed out at her over the “barbaric” killing and mutilation of two Indian soldiers. Slamming Irani, Congress leader Sibal on Tuesday wondered if Union Minister Smriti Irani would now “gift bangles” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as she had wanted to send[Read More…]
Demonisation won, not demonetisation: Kapil Sibal
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey seeks CBI probe against former HM, for influencing judiciary
BJP parliamentarian Nishikant Dubey has demanded a CBI probe against former Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. In a letter written to PM, the BJP leader has alleged that in May 2014, barely days before Congress relinquished office, Shinde tried to influence the the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, G[Read More…]
Supreme Court refuses to stay demonetisation notification
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the Nov 8 government notification demonetising ₹ 500 and ₹1,000 currency and asked the Centre to take immediate measures to alleviate the hardships and sufferings of the traumatised common man who is “forced” to stand in queues to withdraw a little[Read More…]