Kapil Sibal Wiki, Biography, Age, Parents, Wife, Career, Net Worth & More

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                                                                       Kapil Sibal

Kapil Sibal Wiki – Kapil Sibal is an Indian lawyer and politician. Kapil Sibal has represented several high-profile cases in the Supreme Court of India and is widely regarded as one of the most famous lawyers in India. Kapil Sibal is a Member of Parliament, in Rajya Sabha.

Kapil Sibal Wiki, Biography, Age

Kapil Sibal‘s birth took place on 8 August 1948 in Jalandhar in Punjab. Kapil Sibal’s family migrated to India during the partition in 1947. Kapil Sibal moved to Delhi in 1964.

After his schooling at St John’s High School, Kapil Sibal joined St. Stephen’s College, Delhi for his B.A. Kapil Sibal earned his LL.B. degree from the prestigious Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, and later an M.A. in history from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.

Kapil Sibal joined the bar association in 1972.  In the year 1973, Kapil Sibal qualified for Indian Administrative Services and was offered an appointment. but he declined the offer and decided to set up his own law practice. Afterward, Kapil Sibal attended the Harvard Law School where he enrolled for an LL.M. which he completed in 1977. Kapil Sibal was designated as a senior lawyer in 1983. Kapil Sibal was the Additional Solicitor General of India between 1989 and 1990, as well.

In 1989, Kapil Sibal was appointed the Additional Solicitor General of India. In 1994, Kapil Sibal was the only lawyer to appear in Parliament and successfully defended a Supreme Court judge during impeachment proceedings.

The impeachment motion was placed in the assembly for debate and voting on 10 May 1993. Of 401 members present in the assembly that day, there were 196 votes for impeachment and no votes against, and 205 abstentions by ruling Congress and its allies. Kapil Sibal had served as the President of the Supreme Court Bar association on three occasions, i.e. 1995–1996, 1997–1998, and 2001–2002.

Kapil Sibal Parents

Kapil Sibal’s father’s name was Hira Lall Sibal. There is no information available on the internet about Kapil Sibal’s mother. Kapil Sibal’s father Hira Lall Sibal was a renowned advocate. Kapil Sibal has a brother whose name is Kanwal Sibal, He is a retired top diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service and a former foreign secretary of India.

Kapil Sibal Wife

Kapil Sibal’s marital status is married. Kapil Sibal married Nina Sibal in 1973, who died of breast cancer in 2000. Amit and Akhil, Kapil Sibal’s sons from his first marriage, both are lawyers. In 2005, Kapil Sibal married Promila Sibal.

Kapil Sibal Career

Over the years, Kapil Sibal has held several important positions in the Government of India and the Society, such as Additional Solicitor General of India (December 1989 – 1990), Member, Board of Management, Indira Gandhi National Open University (1993); President, Supreme Court Bar Association (1995–96, 1997–98 and 2001–2002), Member, Rajya Sabha (July 1998), Member, Executive Council, Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies (July 2001), Member, Business Advisory Committee (August 2001), Member, Committee on Home Affairs (January 2002), Co-chairman, Indo-US Parliamentary Forum (2002), Member, Board of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (2002); Member, Programme Board of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Indian AIDS initiative (2003), Member, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention set up by the Human Rights Commission, Geneva.

In the 2004 general elections, Kapil Sibal became an MP by winning the Chandni Chowk constituency against TV actor Smriti Irani of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the National Capital Territory representing the Congress Party and was inducted into the Cabinet under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as Union Minister for Science, Technology and Earth Sciences. Kapil Sibal won the constituency of Chandni Chowk for the second time for the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha elections of 2009.

On 25 May 2022, he filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha elections as an independent candidate with the support of the Samajwadi Party. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had accompanied him while he filed his nominations. Subsequently, Kapil Sibal broke to the media that he had resigned from the Indian National Congress on 16 May.

Kapil Sibal Career
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Kapil Sibal Net Worth

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