Contents:
- WHY INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ADVOTE SRABH KIRPAL HAS NOT YET BEEN APPOTED HC JUDGE
- SRABH KIRPAL ULD BEE INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
- INDIA SET TO APPOT S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
- WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL, ADVOTE WHO MAY BEE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE?
WHY INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ADVOTE SRABH KIRPAL HAS NOT YET BEEN APPOTED HC JUDGE
The Supreme Court Collegium has reerated s November 2021 remendatn to appot senr advote Srabh Kirpal, an openly gay person, as a judge of the Delhi High Court. India crimalised homosexualy on 6 September 2018.
No, if you ask, senr advote Srabh Kirpal, an openly gay person, whose appotment as judge of the Delhi high urt ntu to be layed. Kirpal is an openly gay senr advote who has been practisg for more than two s.
SRABH KIRPAL ULD BEE INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
Related Articl He was part of a team of lawyers that reprented Sunil Mehra and Navtej Sgh Johar, the now well-known petners the historic se which the Supreme Court (SC) stck down the lonial-era Sec 377, which crimalised homosexualy. In a letter dated 1 April 2021, the law mister stated that though homosexualy stands -crimalised India, nohels same-sex marriage remas bereft of regnn eher dified statutory law or undified personal law India.
The Centre also apprehend that given Kirpal’s “attachment” to the e of gay rights, the possibily of Kirpal’s bias and prejudice nnot be led out, Live Law reports.
Also read: Homosexualy vs same-sex marriag: India’s one step forward, two steps backwards.
INDIA SET TO APPOT S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
“I don’t thk the ernment necsarily wants to appot an openly gay person to the bench, ” he told the news channel. (Image by Vani Gupta/India Today)The Centre has urged the Supreme Court Collegium to rensir s remendatn to elevate openly-gay lawyer Srabh Kirpal as a Delhi High Court judge.
If appoted, he will be the first openly gay judge on a nstutnal urt the untry. Kirpal was part of the team of lawyers that reprented Sunil Mehra and Navtej Sgh Johar, who were among the petners the celebrated se that led to crimalisg gay sex.
WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL, ADVOTE WHO MAY BEE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE?
The NGO led India’s fight agast Sectn 377 to crimalize homosexualy. This would make Kirpal the first openly gay judge the untry.