Kapil Sibal

“If you have decisions taken from time to time at the level of the executives, which gives the impression of being discriminatory, if you are not open when government is functioning, then obv...”

“The government must adopt a rights-based approach that speaks to the needs and aspirations of surrogate mothers, children born out of surrogacy, and all individuals who want access to altrui...”

“Appointments to the higher judiciary must be through transparent processes, which ensure that persons of impeccable integrity and high competence are appointed to these positions.”

“The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to issue judicial pronouncements for national good. The second elem...”

“Natural resources must be so distributed, by way of auction or otherwise, that they serve a larger public purpose.”

“There is an urgent need for the Central government to take the lead in ensuring health and nutrition service delivery.”

“Cleanliness is a good thing, which the society should embrace. But it has nothing to do with Modi, nor can he implement it.”

“Just as judges have enormous stake in the appointment of judicial officers in the higher judiciary, the government has an equal stake. Since both of us have stakes in the appointment of memb...”

“Judges decide upon copyright law. They decide upon trademark law. They decide upon scientific issues. They decide upon very complex technical issues on a daily basis. So you must have confid...”

“If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it.”

“When the state machinery defends criminals and the public prosecutors collude with the accused in certain cases and the victims are members of a particular community, then 'Justice to all' i...”

“It would be a matter of concern for government if intrusive data capture has been deployed against Indian citizens or government infrastructure.”

“The BJP, undoubtedly, is a party with a mission. Spreading hatred and religious discord, indulging in state-sponsored violence and fake encounter killings, and resorting to divisive politics...”

“We must make the government accept that at a time when we are expected to look ahead, we cannot afford to start discriminating against our own people in the name of 'ethos.'”

“I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.”

“I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma.”

“India should be an exporter of technology.”

“All of us have a romantic streak in us. That's why we are fallible, aren't we?”

“I have no personal ambitions. I consider it a great privilege to have been given an opportunity to serve, through the Congress party, the people of India. I think that itself is a great rewa...”

“M&A guidelines need to be liberal.”