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• SRABH KIRPAL: THE MAN WHO ULD BE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
• SRABH KIRPAL ULD BEE INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
• SRABH KIRPAL MAY BEE FIRST GAY JUDGE OF NSTUTNAL URT IF...
• HISTORIC! MEET THE MAN SET TO BEE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
• WHY INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ADVOTE SRABH KIRPAL HAS NOT YET BEEN APPOTED HC JUDGE
• 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
• WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL? INDIA’S LIKELY TO GET S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE OF DELHI HIGH URT
• INDIA SET TO APPOT S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
• SRABH KIRPAL TO BEE INDIA'S FIRST GAY JUDGE
• SRABH KIRPAL SET TO BE FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE AT DELHI HC; 'HISTORIC' SAY LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
• MILTONE FOR GAY RIGHTS: SRABH KIRPAL SET TO BE FIRST GAY JUDGE OF DELHI HIGH URT
• ‘A LONG BATTLE’: WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL, LIKELY TO BE INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE?
• LAWYER SRABH KIRPAL ULD BE INDIA’S FIRST GAY HC JUDGE AFTER SC LLEGIUM CLEARS HIS NAME
• SRABH KIRPAL MAY BEE FIRST GAY JUDGE OF NSTUTNAL URT IF CENTRE ACCEPTS COLLEGIUM'S REMENDATN
• DELHI HC LIKELY TO GET FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
• INDIA’S ERNMENT OBJECTS TO OPENLY GAY JUDGE NDIDATE, SAYS URT
• INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE, SOURABH KIRPAL?

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.

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

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. 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.

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

HomedianewsIndia is set to get s first openly gay judge.

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

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. Senr advote Srabh Kirpal, son of former Chief Jtice of India B N Kirpal, may bee the first openly gay judge of a nstutnal urt the untry if the Centre accepts the remendatn of the Supreme Court Collegium which has reerated his name for judghip the Delhi High Court.

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

The 50-year-old Kirpal, who has been ndid about his gay stat, was part of the legal team which reprented some of the petners om the LGBTQ ( lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer) group the landmark se which the apex urt crimalised nsensual sexual act between two adults of same sex private. The apex urt Collegium, head by Chief Jtice of India D Y Chandrachud and also prisg Jtic S K Kl and K M Joseph, has reerated s November 11, 2021 remendatn for appotg Kirpal as a judge of the Delhi High Court, rejectg suggtns that his 'arnt volvement'  gay right issu uld rult possible 'bias and prejudice.

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

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.

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. 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.

WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL? INDIA’S LIKELY TO GET S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE OF DELHI HIGH URT

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.

INDIA SET TO APPOT 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.

Also read: Homosexualy vs same-sex marriag: India’s one step forward, two steps backwards.

SRABH KIRPAL TO BEE INDIA'S FIRST GAY JUDGE

“I don’t thk the ernment necsarily wants to appot an openly gay person to the bench, ” he told the news channel. 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. 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.

SRABH KIRPAL SET TO BE FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE AT DELHI HC; 'HISTORIC' SAY LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

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. 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. gay.

Homosexual. This would make Kirpal the first openly gay judge the untry. India crimalized homosexualy the untry 2018.

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

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

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! 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.

‘A LONG BATTLE’: WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL, LIKELY TO BE INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE?

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. 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.

LAWYER SRABH KIRPAL ULD BE INDIA’S FIRST GAY HC JUDGE AFTER SC LLEGIUM CLEARS HIS NAME

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.

"Srabh Kirpal intifi as gay & is vol about LGBTQ rights. But wh great power great rponsibily, and Rangnekar said would be that much more difficult for his iend as he has to rry the burn of beg the first gay judge".

The Supreme Court llegium has remend Srabh Kirpal as a judge to the Delhi high urt, a historic first as Kirpal is self-profsed gay. His name was the reckong for a judge's post sce 2017 but was stalled due to his stance that he was gay.

SRABH KIRPAL MAY BEE FIRST GAY JUDGE OF NSTUTNAL URT IF CENTRE ACCEPTS COLLEGIUM'S REMENDATN

Kirpal has always phed the e of the LGBT muny and as one of the petners the se was at the foreont of the legal battle to have Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co, which crimilised homosexualy, removed.

The Supreme Court Collegium has fally remend Srabh Kirpal's name to the Unn Mistry of Law and Jtice for judghip, which uld make him the first openly gay judge India. Srabh was also one of the leadg lawyers Navtej Sgh Johar v Unn of India, which led to the SC crimalisg homosexualy 2018. Srabh scrib himself as an “accintal activist” and is a tstee of the Naz Foundatn Tst, the NGO that first fought for the crimalisatn of homosexualy India.

If I were to be a judge, I would be a judge for all Indians, regardls of sexualy, n very happily exist wh the fact that I’m also an openly gay man. But for a gay child school, matters that a person wh the same inty as their own occupi that posn.

DELHI HC LIKELY TO GET FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE

If appoted, Srabh would be the first openly gay judge India. If cleared, Kirpal will be the first gay judge to be appoted any high urt of India.

Kirpal, who has e out as gay, was remend for elevatn 2017 by the Delhi HC llegium then led by actg chief jtice Ga Mtal. The apex urt Collegium, head by Chief Jtice of India D Y Chandrachud and also prisg Jtic S K Kl and K M Joseph, has reerated s November 11, 2021 remendatn for appotg Kirpal as a judge of the Delhi High Court, rejectg suggtns that his "arnt volvement" gay right issu uld rult possible "bias and prejudice".

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

India may fally get s first openly gay person as a judge of a nstutnal urt.

The llegium, head by Chief Jtice of India (CJI) NV Ramana, picked Kirpal, 49, who was one of the leadg lawyers the landmark Navtej Sgh Johar se that led to the Supreme Court crimalisg homosexualy 2018.

INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE, SOURABH KIRPAL?

Former attorney general and veteran lawyer Mul Rohatgi said Kirpal’s elevatn was long overdue, and that Monday was the day of real regnn of the Supreme Court’s judgment readg down Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co that crimalised homosexualy.

I really believe uld change the liv of so many LGBT [lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr] people India. NEW DELHI — A bate India over the nomatn of a man who would be the first openly gay judge spilled to rare public view after Supreme Court jtic published the Indian ernment’s arguments agast his appotment on the grounds that he is gay and allegedly a secury move laid bare an ongog dispute between the untry’s hight urt and the Mistry of Law and Jtice, which have been creasgly at loggerheads.