Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" The genesis of Public Interest Litigation in listening to the voice of the voiceless and giving access to the poor, the marginalised, and the weak is a unique experiment to be lauded. "

Related Quotes:

" To embrace Hindutva is to embrace an obscurantist, backward looking, divisive ideology that seeks to polarise society through identity politics. "

Kapil Sibal

Politics

Identity

Looking

" Normally, the law of nature is such that one who rises falls, and one who rises quickly falls as quickly. I don't know how the law of nature will work as far as Modi is concerned. But some time or the other, all bubbles burst. This bubble will also burst. "

" Market mechanisms are totally irrelevant when resources are used to serve a larger purpose, especially for the underserved, unserved, or marginalised. "

" The greater the power, the greater the responsibility in its exercise. "

" When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars. "

" BJP is the mothership of violence. "

Kapil Sibal

Violence

" The press in India, I believe, is more free, and happily so, than perhaps media anywhere in the world. Right? Which is a good thing. "

" I personally believe technology can transform the functioning of the judicial system. "

" We are great believers in the idea that the Internet can help bring justice, but justice varies from place to place across the world. "

" If two people cannot live together, both should have the right to opt out of the marriage. In an ideal world, that would be an acceptable solution. "

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

" I have only one sister, Asha Nanda, and she lives in Maharani Bagh. "

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

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

" I am a lawyer by profession. "

Kapil Sibal

I Am

Lawyer

" If the Planning Commission said those who live above Rs 5,000 a month are not at poverty line, obviously there is something wrong with the definition of poverty in this country. How can anybody live at Rs 5,000? "

" M&A guidelines need to be liberal. "

" Given an opportunity, Modi has violated the freedom of press both in letter and spirit. He destroys freedom of the press whenever he gets a chance. "

" 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 element is dangerous because that's the function of the government. "

" A single element in transactional mode can never be analysed to calculate either loss or presumptive loss. The losses or gains of all elements in the transaction need to be analysed. "

" Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well as to protect the rights of surrogate children. However, it should also be empathetic to individuals with alternative lifestyles who are well within their legal and human rights to demand access to surrogacy services. "

" What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice. "

" Intolerance is alien to Hinduism. "

" The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions. "

" If there are malpractices in sports, part of the solution lies in the organisations themselves taking a very strong view and cleaning up the mess from within. "

" 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.' "

" Governments getting involved in sports activities would ultimately damage sports. "

" 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 have been integral to this mission. "

" 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 altruistic surrogacy services. "

" Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism. "