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- 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
- SRABH KIRPAL SET TO BE FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE AT DELHI HC; 'HISTORIC' SAY LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
- WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL? INDIA’S LIKELY TO GET S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE OF DELHI HIGH URT
SRABH KIRPAL ULD BEE INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
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. HomedianewsIndia is set to get s first openly gay 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.
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. 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.
SRABH KIRPAL SET TO BE FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE AT DELHI HC; 'HISTORIC' SAY LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
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.
WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL? INDIA’S LIKELY TO GET S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE OF DELHI HIGH URT
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. New Delhi: The possibily that India uld get s first gay judge wh the Supreme Court llegium approvg the name of Srabh Kirpal for the Delhi High Court was wily weled on Tuday, some the LGBTQ muny termg historic and others scribg as a harbger of an unbiased India.
Related Articl The news of the likely elevatn of 49-year-old Kirpal, who has spoken ndidly about his gay stat, was met wh an emotive rponse om those the gay muny and also om celebri, rights activists and others on social media and elsewhere. It's Srabh Kirpal's achievement fely, all cred to him, but we are livg a muny where there are so few people who are holdg certa posn or posts that rry a certa kd of fluence, that today this is somethg we would want to own as well, " Rangnekar, a former journalist and thor of "Straight to Normal: My Life as a Gay Man", told PTI. Kirpal, who has been practisg at the apex urt for over two s, was also the unsel for Navtej Johar, Ru Dalmia and others the celebrated se that led to the readg down of Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co 2018 and crimalizg gay sex.