“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 members of the higher judiciary, the consultation of both of them is absolutely necessary. The government must have a say.”

Indian lawyer and politician

Kapil Sibal is an Indian lawyer and politician. A designated Senior Advocate, he has spent much of his public life at the intersection of law and government, and has also served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh. He was a Union Minister in the Manmohan Singh government and has represented several high-profile cases in the Supreme Court of India. He also served as President of the Supreme Court Bar Association from 1995 to 1998, from 2001 to 2002, and again from 2024 to 2025.