24 Facts About Kapil Sibal

Kapil Sibal was born on 8 August 1948 and is an Indian lawyer and politician.

Kapil Sibal has represented several high-profile cases in the Supreme Court of India and is a Member of Parliament, in Rajya Sabha.

Kapil Sibal first entered Rajya Sabha in 1998 to represent Bihar.

Kapil Sibal later contested from Chandni Chowk and won in 2004 and 2009.

Kapil Sibal often was portrayed as an intellectual face of the Congress who batted for the party on television and in regular columns.

Kapil Sibal left the Indian National Congress in 2022 to file his nomination for the Rajya Sabha independently but backed by Samajwadi Party.

Kapil Sibal was born on 8 August 1948 at Jalandhar in Punjab.

Kapil Sibal's family migrated to India during the partition in 1947.

Kapil Sibal decided to set up his own law practice.

Kapil Sibal was designated as a Senior Lawyer by the High Court of Delhi on 8 November 1983.

Kapil Sibal was the Additional Solicitor General of India between 1989 and 1990, as well.

Kapil Sibal won the constituency of Chandni Chowk for the second time for the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha elections of 2009.

Kapil Sibal represented India in the Annual Meetings of the World Economic Forum in 2005 and 2009 held at Davos, Switzerland.

Kapil Sibal led the Indian delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at Bali in December 2007.

Kapil Sibal introduced the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation system in India for Class IX and Class X and he has started the changes in the IIT JEE pattern.

Kapil Sibal has laid the foundation stone for IIT Patna.

In 2011 Kapil Sibal has announced a touchscreen tablet computer to be co-developed with private partnership.

Five state Chief Ministers endorsed the OLPC initiative and the Chief Minister of Rajasthan himself inaugurated the project on the day Kapil Sibal showcased his future laptop.

An anthology of Kapil Sibal's poems titled I Witness: Partial Observation was published by Roli Books, New Delhi, in August 2008.

Kapil Sibal wrote the lyrics of the songs "Tere bina" and "Mast hawa" for 2016 Hindi film Shorgul.

Kapil Sibal's father was Hira Lall Sibal, a renowned advocate, his family migrated to India during the partition in 1947.

Kapil Sibal was named a "Living Legend of the Law" by the International Bar Association and in 2006, the Government of India honoured him with the 'Padma Bhushan' award for his distinguished services in the field of Public Affairs.

Kapil Sibal married Nina Sibal in 1973, who died of breast cancer in 2000.

Kapil Sibal's brother is Kanwal Sibal, a retired top diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service, and a former foreign secretary of India.