Impressed by one of his argumentative articles on social issues and their solutions, a teacher at Calcutta Boys' School advised him to pursue a career in law.

In this case, the Supreme Court bench, composed of Justices Kabir and Cyriac Joseph, ruled that female relatives of a husband can also be booked under the Domestic Violence Act.

Kabir also presided over the contempt case against prominent advocate and (now disbanded) Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan after he alleged that half of the most recent 16 CJIs had been corrupt.

And we are of the view that the appellant (Kazmi) acquired the right for grant of statutory bail on 17 July 2012, when his custody was held to be illegal by the additional sessions judge.

[14] On 18 July 2013, in a judgement that was later set aside, a bench headed by Kabir quashed the National Eligibility and Entrance Test for admissions to medical colleges in India.

[16] In 2016, former Chief Minister and Arunachal Pradesh politician Kalikho Pul claimed, in a suicide note, that Kabir had passed wrong judgements regarding the public distribution system (PDS) scam in the state.