Kapil Sibal had said in a purported SCBA resolution that the Kolkata rape-murder incident was a "symptomatic malaise". Dhankhar slammed the remark and called it a "shame".
Kapil Sibal's statement comes after EC yesterday filed an affidavit in SC saying disclosure of voter turnout data based on Form 17C (records of votes polled in each polling station) will cause confusion among voters as it will also include postal ballot counts.
According to the media reports, Sibal got 1066 votes, while his rival senior advocate Pradeep Rai managed to secure 689 votes. The incumbent SCBA president Adish Aggarwala bagged 296 votes (the figures are tentative).
A screenshot of a post made by Kapil Sibal on various social media platforms is going viral. In this tweet, he is purportedly expressing thoughts of committing suicide before the construction of Ram Temple. However, India TV's fact-check has conclusively proven this claim to be entirely false.
Prabir Purkayastha had filed plea last week challenging his arrest and the police custody, and sought immediate release as interim relief.
The government on Tuesday announced a Rs 200 per cylinder cut in prices of domestic cooking gas as it looked to counter the promise of cheaper LPG made by the Congress in upcoming Assembly elections in states such as Madhya Pradesh.
Kapil Sibal responded to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's remark on 'disruption' in the Parliament and said that disturbances occur when the Prime Minister does not make a statement on Manipur on the floor of the House.
Senior lawyer and former Congress leader Kapil Sibal has said that the UPA-3 is still very much possible if opposition parties work on a new vision for India.
His remarks come a day after the 100th episode of Modi's "Mann ki Baat" radio programme was broadcast.
SG Tushar Mehta said that the debate which is to happen is about the creation or conferring of the socio-legal institution and whether it should be done by the forum of the court or parliament.
Kapil Sibal on Lok Sabha polls 2024: Sibal was responding to Union Home Amit Shah's claims that the saffron party would get more than 300 seats in next year's Lok Sabha polls.
Just a short while after the incident took place leaders took to Twitter to condemn the act.
The CBI on Friday summoned Kejriwal to appear before it on April 16 in connection with the excise policy scam case in which his former deputy Manish Sisodia was arrested last month.
.. Politics has started on the Prime Minister's supari statement... Kapil Sibal asked the name of the supari giver... Kamal Nath simply said that there is no need to give betel nut.
Ram Navami Violence: Kapil Sibal alleged that communal violence was on the table for the BJP with the 2024 general elections approaching.
Sawal To Banta Hai: In an exclusive conversation with India TV in its show 'Sawal To Banta Hai', Rajya Sabha MP and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal spoke in detail on several political and social issues on Thursday.
Sawal To Banta Hai: Former Congress leader and noted advocate Sibal, who recently launched a new platform 'Insaaf', asserted advocates have been a torchbearer wherever a revolution erupts. He frankly spoke on the current political and social atmosphere in the country.
Shiv Sena symbol freeze news: ECI has asked both the groups to furnish, latest by 1 pm on Oct 10, the names of their groups by which they may be recognised by the Commission and to this end, give three options in the order of preference, anyone of which may be approved by the Commission.
The former minister's comment came after CBI conducted a raid at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's residence on Friday in connection with the alleged scam in the recently withdrawn excise policy of the Aam Aadmi Party government.
Vineet Jindal and Shashank Shekhar Jha have requested the top law officer to grant consent for initiating contempt proceedings against Sibal, a former law minister.
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