| Kapil Sibal is an Indian politician known for holding various ministerial roles and being a Supreme Court lawyer. He recently resigned from the Indian National Congress after over 30 years. |
| Although he qualified for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Kapil Sibal chose to establish his law firm in 1980 instead of joining the service. |
| Between 1989 and 1990, he served as the Additional Solicitor General of India and has been elected President of the Supreme Court Bar Association three times. |
| Kapil Sibal gained recognition for his role in the 1993 impeachment proceedings of Supreme Court Justice V. Ramaswami, where he addressed Parliament. |
| Due to his expertise in constitutional and parliamentary studies, he was appointed to the Rajya Sabha in 1998, representing the Congress party from Bihar. |
| He played a pivotal part in breaking the monopoly of Doordarshan over television airwaves, paving the way for independent news and entertainment channels. |
| As the sole Indian Member of Parliament to visit Antarctica, Kapil Sibal holds a unique distinction. |
| In 2007, he inaugurated the National Tsunami Early Warning System in Hyderabad, designed to detect significant earthquakes in the Indian Ocean swiftly. |
| His father, Hira Lal Sibal, a renowned advocate, was honored with the Padma Bhushan and recognized as The Living Legend of the Law. |
| Kapil Sibal's father passed away in 2012 in Chandigarh and received full state honors at his cremation. |
| A cricket enthusiast, he has also worked as a guest commentator during an India-Australia match. |
| Kapil Sibal is a member of St. Stephen’s College governing body and has served on the Board of the Indira Gandhi National Open University. |
| In 2012, he led negotiations on India’s first anticorruption bill during the UPA Government's tenure. |
| His brother, Kanwal Sibal, is a former Foreign Secretary of India and a distinguished IFS officer. |
