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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abhishek Singhvi
| image = Abhishek Manu Singhvi at the India Economic Summit 2008.jpg
| caption = Singhvi at the India Economic Summit, 2008
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|2|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency = [[West Bengal]]
| term_start = 03 April 2018
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Tapan Kumar Sen]] ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]])
| termstart1 = 03 April 2006
| termend1 = 02 April 2018
| predecessor1 = [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = [[Anita Singhvi]]
| children = 2
| relations = [[Laxmi Mall Singhvi]] (father)
| alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]] ([[B.A.|BA]])<br/>[[Trinity College, Cambridge]] ([[M.A.|MA]], [[PhD]])<br/>[[Harvard University]] ([[Public interest law|PIL]])
| profession = [[Senior Advocate]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.drabhisheksinghvi.com/}}
| footnotes =
| constituency1 = [[Rajasthan]]
| successor1 = [[Madan Lal Saini]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
}}

'''Abhishek Manu Singhvi''' (born 24 February 1959) is an Indian lawyer and politician. As politician, he is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) and a current Member of the [[Parliament of India]] representing [[West Bengal]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the Upper House of the Indian Parliament. He is also a spokesperson for the INC.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-20/goa/28084756_1_stern-action-implications-of-such-violence-entire-identity-and-culture|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025053453/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-20/goa/28084756_1_stern-action-implications-of-such-violence-entire-identity-and-culture|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Cong calls for stern action|date=20 October 2009}}</ref> He is one of the senior advocates of the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/the-growing-importance-of-being-abhishek-manu-singhvi-man-fronting-congress-legal-troubles-1752825.html|title=The Growing Importance of Being Abhishek Manu Singhvi: Man Fronting Congress' Legal Troubles|website=News18|first=Debayan |last=Roy |date=18 May 2018|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==
Singhvi was born in a [[Marwari people|Marwari]] family.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taknet |first1=D. K. |title=The Marwari Heritage |date=2016 |publisher=IntegralDMS |isbn=9781942322061 |page=254 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXS2DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA254|language=en}}</ref> His father [[Laxmi Mall Singhvi]] was a scholar in [[Jainism|Jain]] history and culture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pay-tribute-to-L-M-Singhvi/articleshow/2435643.cms|title=Pay tribute to L M Singhvi|website=The Times of India|access-date=14 April 2019}}</ref> He was a renowned lawyer and India's former High Commissioner to the UK. He was elected to Rajya Sabha (1998–2004). His mother's name is Kamla Singhvi.

He completed his school from [[St. Columba's School, Delhi|St. Columba's School]]. He obtained B.A.(Hons.), M.A., PhD, PIL educated at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]], [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] and [[Harvard University]]. Singhvi completed his [[PhD]] under [[constitutional lawyer]] [[Sir William Wade]] of Cambridge University. The topic of his doctoral dissertation at Cambridge University was on Emergency Powers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode%3D2029 |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423020026/http://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2029 |archive-date=23 April 2012 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Singhvi is married to ghazal and Sufi singer [[Anita Singhvi]]. They have two sons.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Abhishek Singhvi's son weds Vadilal Group's Aastha Gandhi in a star-studded ceremony|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/abhishek-singhvis-son-weds-vadilal-groups-aastha-gandhi-in-a-star-studded-ceremony/articleshow/49653184.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-04-30}}</ref>

==Positions held==
Singhvi, at 37, became the youngest [[Additional Solicitor General of India]], in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mahapatra|first1=Dhananjay|title=India's top 10 lawyers|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indias-top-10-lawyers/articleshow/5426768.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=4 April 2017|date=9 January 2010}}</ref> He held the position for a year, till 1998.

2001 onwards National Spokesperson, Indian National Congress

April 2006 Elected to Rajya Sabha

Aug. 2006 – May 2009 and Aug. 2009 – July 2011 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice

Aug. 2006 – Aug. 2007 Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit Member, Joint Committee to examine the Constitutional and Legal position relating to Office of Profit Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Urban Development

Sept. 2006 – Sept. 2010 Member, Committee of Privileges

July 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs

July 2011 onwards Chairman, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Member, General Purposes Committee.

July 2012 onwards Spokesman Congress Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/abhishek-singhvi-back-as-congress-spokesperson-519759.html|title=Abhishek Singhvi back as Congress spokesperson|date=2012-11-02|website=News18|access-date=2020-04-24}}</ref>

==Controversies==
A tape allegedly featuring Singhvi with another woman in a compromising position was circulated. He categorically denied any wrongdoing.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-abhishek-manu-singhvi-quits-party-parliament-posts-478132 | work=NDTV | title=Congress' Abhishek Manu Singhvi quits party, Parliament posts | date=25 September 2012}}</ref>

In 2014, he was fined {{INR}} 57 crore by the Income Tax Settlement Commission for failing to furnish documents supporting his claims of expenditure for running his office.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Tax-trouble-Abhishek-Manu-Singhvi-faces-Rs-57-crore-fine/articleshow/45116895.cms | work=The Times of India | title=Tax trouble: Abhishek Manu Singhvi faces Rs 57 crore fine | date=12 November 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.drabhisheksinghvi.com/biography/ Abhishek Singhvi - Profile]
*[https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2029 Profile on India.gov.in]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181735/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=2029 Profile on Rajya Sabha website]

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[[Category:Singhvi family]]
[[Category:Supreme Court of India lawyers]]

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