Srabh Kirpal may bee first gay judge of a nstutnal urt

Contents:

• SRABH KIRPAL: THE MAN WHO ULD BE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
• INDIA SET TO APPOT S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
• SRABH KIRPAL ULD BEE INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
• WHY INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ADVOTE SRABH KIRPAL HAS NOT YET BEEN APPOTED HC JUDGE
• WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL, ADVOTE WHO MAY BEE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE?
• HISTORIC! MEET THE MAN SET TO BEE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
• SRABH KIRPAL TO BEE INDIA'S FIRST GAY JUDGE
• CAN’T IGNORE THAT INDIA HAS NO OPENLY GAY JUDGE: SRABH KIRPALSRABH KIRAPL IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY LAWYER TO BE REMEND FOR APPOTMENT AS DELHI HC JUDGE.MYTHREYEE RAMHKARAN TRIPATHIUPDATED: 02 JUN 2022, 8:30 AM ISTGENR4 M READSHARE ON THE QUT DAILY
• SRABH KIRPAL MAY BEE FIRST GAY JUDGE OF A NSTUTNAL URT AFTER SC COLLEGIUM SAID HIS SWISS GAY PARTNER, A SWISS EMBASSY OFFICER, IS NOT A SECURY THREAT
• INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE, SOURABH KIRPAL?
• INDIA’S FIRST GAY JUDGE; SUPREME COURT LLEGIUM REMENDS SRABH KIRPAL
• SRABH KIRPAL MAY BEE FIRST GAY JUDGE OF NSTUTNAL URT IF...
• INDIA’S ERNMENT OBJECTS TO OPENLY GAY JUDGE NDIDATE, SAYS URT
• TOP INDIA URT BACKS GAY LAWYER'S APPOTMENT OVER T OBJECTNS
• MILTONE FOR GAY RIGHTS: SRABH KIRPAL SET TO BE FIRST GAY JUDGE OF DELHI HIGH URT
• SUPREME COURT COLLEGIUM AGA BACKS GAY LAWYER SRABH KIRPAL FOR HC JUDGE
• JUDGE US SUPREME COURT’S GAY WEDDG WEBSE RULG FOR HER OWN ANTI-LGBTQ LAWSU

SRABH KIRPAL: THE MAN WHO ULD BE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE

Image source, Twter/ Srabh KirpalImage ptn, Srabh Kirpal uld bee India's first openly gay judge. A Supreme Court panel India has remend the name of an openly gay lawyer to be a judge what is beg scribed as a "tone" for LGBTQ rights.

INDIA SET TO APPOT S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE

It's wily believed that Prime Mister Narendra Modi's ernment is likely to accept Mr Kirpal's name the g 2018, the Supreme Court crimalised gay sex a landmark lg which was seen as a huge victory for the untry's LGBTQ populatn - Mr Kirpal was the lawyer for two key petners the se. Image source, NurPhotoImage ptn, In 2018, the Supreme Court crimalised gay sex a landmark 2020, he said he was two mds about his name beg sent for the post, but eventually agreed bee he thought he uld be a role mol for the LGBTQ muny.

Mr Kirpal has said that he nsirs two people as his biggt fluenc the field of law - his father and Mr Kirpal's father, BN Kirpal, served as India's chief D Rangnekar, a former journalist and thor of Straight to Normal: My Life as a Gay Man, said the remendatn was a "historic" moment for the muny. This would make Kirpal the first openly gay judge the untry.

SRABH KIRPAL ULD BEE INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

India crimalized homosexualy the untry 2018. India is set to appot s first openly gay judge. WAR ERUPTS OVER NEW MARVEL BLOCKBUSTER’S GAY SUPERHERO.

By Tirtho Banerjee: 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.

The NGO led India’s fight agast Sectn 377 to crimalize homosexualy. 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.

WHY INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ADVOTE SRABH KIRPAL HAS NOT YET BEEN APPOTED HC JUDGE

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.

WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL, ADVOTE WHO MAY BEE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE?

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.

HISTORIC! MEET THE MAN SET TO BEE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE

Also read: Homosexualy vs same-sex marriag: India’s one step forward, two steps backwards. “I don’t thk the ernment necsarily wants to appot an openly gay person to the bench, ” he told the news channel. If approved by the Unn ernment, Kirpal may bee the untry’s first openly gay judge a nstutnal urt.

SRABH KIRPAL TO BEE INDIA'S FIRST GAY JUDGE

He was also the unsel for Navtej Johar, Ru Dalmia and others the celebrated se that led to the landmark readg down of Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co 2018, th crimalisg gay sex.

HomedianewsIndia is set to get s first openly gay judge. a tone for LGBTQIA+ rights, Srabh Kirpal is all set to bee the first openly gay judge India of the Delhi High Court.

Srabh Kirpal's name was the reckong for the post of a judge sce 2017 but was stalled due to his inty as a gay man who speaks openly about his sexual orientatn.

CAN’T IGNORE THAT INDIA HAS NO OPENLY GAY JUDGE: SRABH KIRPALSRABH KIRAPL IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY LAWYER TO BE REMEND FOR APPOTMENT AS DELHI HC JUDGE.MYTHREYEE RAMHKARAN TRIPATHIUPDATED: 02 JUN 2022, 8:30 AM ISTGENR4 M READSHARE ON THE QUT DAILY

He has phed for the e of the LGBTQIA+ muny and as one of the petners, was on the ontl of the legal battle to have Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co (which crimalised homosexualy) removed. Perhaps, a strg of posive news around people reprentg LGBTQ muny is makg a strong se for refg genr rol and societal seems that soon we might get to wns another history the makg wh the untry gettg s first-ever gay judge at the Delhi High, you read right!

SRABH KIRPAL MAY BEE FIRST GAY JUDGE OF A NSTUTNAL URT AFTER SC COLLEGIUM SAID HIS SWISS GAY PARTNER, A SWISS EMBASSY OFFICER, IS NOT A SECURY THREAT

Senr advote, Srabh Kirpal who had e out as gay has now been approved to bee a judge the Delhi High Court by the three-member Supreme Court Collegium, head by Chief Jtice NV Ramana. Kirpal is the first openly gay advote and has been at the ont fightg for homosexual per media reports, October 2017, the Delhi High Court Collegium, then led by actg Chief Jtice Ga Mtal, had unanimoly remend Srabh Kirpal for the appotment as the permanent judge of the Delhi High Court. The four advot are -- Tara Vasta Ganju, Anish Dayal, Am Sharma, and Mi appoted, Srabh Kirpal will be the first gay judge the Indian judiciary system.

Wh this, Kirpal beme the first openly gay judge India to be remend for the posn.

Probably, one of the ft ntributns of Kirpal would be the Navtej Johar se, which led to the crimalisatn of homosexualy India by readg down Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co.

INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE, SOURABH KIRPAL?

I would have been India’s first openly gay judge and even if someone else had e, wouldn’t matter.

The Supreme Court Collegium on Thursday reerated s cisn to promote gay Advote Srabh Kirpal as a Judge of the Delhi High Court. The centre had objected to Srabh Kirpal’s elevatn as a judge bee he has a gay partner who is a Swiss natnal.

INDIA’S FIRST GAY JUDGE; SUPREME COURT LLEGIUM REMENDS SRABH KIRPAL

Wh this, Srabh Kirpal is set to bee the first gay judge of a High Court India, if the central t fally accepts the llegium cisn. The centre had objected to the name of Kirpal sayg that as he is gay, he uld be biased due to his open support for gay rights. Rpondg to the ncern of the centre that Kirpal’s gay partner is a Swiss natnal, the Collegium said that Swzerland is a iendly natn and therefore do not have any bearg on natnal secury.

SRABH KIRPAL MAY BEE FIRST GAY JUDGE OF NSTUTNAL URT IF...

It is notable that one aspect that was not mentned by the Collegium was that apart om beg a foreign natnal, Srabh Kirpal’s gay partner Nilas Germa Bachmann is also an official of the Swiss Feral Government. Srabh Kirpal would be the first openly-gay judge of India if appoted. He was one of the lawyers whose termatn the Supreme Court led to the crimalisatn of Homosexualy.

Srabh Kirpal is a senr openly-gay advote whose name was remend by former Chief Jtice of India NV Ramana 2021.

This statement was openly rejected by Srabh sayg that had nothg to do wh his partner’s natnaly and was solely bee he is gay and the ernment is not ready to accept a gay judge.

INDIA’S ERNMENT OBJECTS TO OPENLY GAY JUDGE NDIDATE, SAYS URT

In a letter, CJI Bob gave four weeks to clear the air on whether the ernment’s objectn, mentned the Intelligence Bure puts, was bee Srabh is a gay man. If Sourabh Kirpal gets elevated and be the judge of a High Court, he will be the first gay man on the nstutnal urt the untry. Kirpal has played a proment role the crimalisatn of homosexualy.

TOP INDIA URT BACKS GAY LAWYER'S APPOTMENT OVER T OBJECTNS

He is on the board of the NGO that led India’s fight agast sectn 377 to crimalise homosexualy– Naz Foundatn Tst.

MILTONE FOR GAY RIGHTS: SRABH KIRPAL SET TO BE FIRST GAY JUDGE OF DELHI HIGH URT

Srabh Kirpal is on track to beg India’s first openly gay judge. Prevly, gay sex had been crimalized unr a provisn of the Indian Penal Co (Sectn 377), which held that “terurse agast the orr of nature” uld be punishable wh lifetime imprisonment. This terview was part of the seri JURIST x Humsafar Tst “LGBTQ+ Rights India, ” prented through the Likho Cizen Journalist Fellowship, an iative by the Humsafar Tst, which aims to spire a new generatn of cizen muny journalists to wre on issu related to genr and sexual full vio of the terview is available below, followed by a transcript, eded for ncisens and As one of the few openly gay practicg advot India, you have been very vol about your sexual orientatn and have dited your life to queer rights the untry.

Unn of India; ed: This is the 2018 urt mentned above on the nstutnaly of Sectn 377), which is a se which led to the crimalizatn of homosexualy India the Supreme Court. But practice, this was a law ed only agast this was one of the arguments we raised, that while there is facial equaly the statute, s effect is always to crimalize homosexuals, bee while a straight sex uple may fd certa sexual acts proscribed, they always have an optn, of urse, to have sex some other way, and wh the timacy of their home, and not be brand “crimals” for simply havg sex.

SUPREME COURT COLLEGIUM AGA BACKS GAY LAWYER SRABH KIRPAL FOR HC JUDGE

That optn was not open for the gay muny, bee any sexual act of theirs was emed to be a crime wh Sectn 377.

JUDGE US SUPREME COURT’S GAY WEDDG WEBSE RULG FOR HER OWN ANTI-LGBTQ LAWSU

… Fally, sectn 377 was read down, and homosexualy was I thk what’s important is … not merely a se of the crimalizatn of sectn 377; was the legal reasong employed, the nstutnal reasong employed the judgment, which really read as a Charter of Rights for the queer muny, the expansive terpretatn given to the fundamental rights and cln of any person, any queer person as beg entled to the same rights as any other cizen India, and a formal exprsn of that.

But through the terviews, as I said, of Jtice Lokur, one n unrstand that one of the reasons probably was [sexual orientatn], and of urse … you want to hi the homophobia the ver of somethg else. Even if you are tryg to cloak homophobia, behd some other vice, I don’t thk tak much to nstct that and ll for what really is.

And while reprentg one of the petners [ the same matter] you submted urt that the natural nsequence of or the nstutnal terpretatn that should be given to the Navtej Sgh Johar Judgment [which crimalized homosexualy 2018] should be that the judgment also provis for same-sex marriag. See, the judgment, crimalizg homosexualy is only three years [old], and we are not a fast paced untry. New Delhi: For the first time the untry, a Supreme Court llegium has remend a gay man as a judge.