Who is Srabh Kirpal, the openly gay advote remend by SC as judge of Delhi High Court? - India Today

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
• EXPLAED: WHY GOVERNMENT IS OPPOSG A GAY ADVOTE TO BEE A HIGH COURT 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
• A GAY JUDGE IS GREAT BUT LGBTQ NEED MUCH MORE THAN THAT
• WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL, THE OPENLY GAY SENR ADVOTE REMEND BY SC COLLEGIUM?
• WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL, THE OPENLY GAY ADVOTE REMEND BY SC AS JUDGE OF DELHI HIGH COURT?
• DELHI HC LIKELY TO GET 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.

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.

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

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

EXPLAED: WHY GOVERNMENT IS OPPOSG A GAY ADVOTE TO BEE A HIGH COURT JUDGE

(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.

The NGO led India’s fight agast Sectn 377 to crimalize homosexualy. Srabh Kirpal, a senr attorney who is openly a gay, is still wag to be appoted judge of the Delhi high urt.

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

PTISunil Mehra and Navtej Sgh Johar, now well-known petners the historic se which the Supreme Court (SC) stck down Sec 377, which crimalized homosexualy, were reprented by him and a team of lawyers. The remendatn that the Collegium of this Court approv the name of Srabh Kirpal on November 11, 2021, appears to have two objectns: Kirpal's partner is a Swiss and he is an timate relatnship and open about his sexual law mister stated a letter dated April 1, 2021, that even though homosexualy has been ma illegal India, same-sex marriage is still not regnizsd by eher dified statutory law or undified personal law.

The Center also nclud that the possibily of Kirpal's bias and prejudice nnot be led out bee of his "attachment" to the gay rights movement, acrdg to the Live Law reports.

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.

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

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". gay. Homosexual.

He uld be India’s first gay judge, but isn’t the first the world and jos an illtr list, which also reflects how the judiciary across the world is changg s view and beg clnary and reprentative of the world at large. If appoted by the Centre, Kirpal will be the first openly gay judge of a nstutnal urt India.

A GAY JUDGE IS GREAT BUT LGBTQ NEED MUCH MORE THAN THAT

Kirpal has fought several high-profile s but is bt known for the Navtej Johar se, which led to the Supreme Court crimalisg homosexualy 2018. Acrdg to Lambda Legal, a leadg LGBTQ civil rights group, of the 870 feral judg on the bench, only 13 are openly gay or lbian. Sir Terence Etherton September 2008 shattered the 'pk glass ceilg' when he beme the first openly gay judge to be sworn as Lord Jtice of Appeal.

For those who have fotten, September 2018, the Supreme Court of India led that gay sex is no longer a crimal offence.

WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL, THE OPENLY GAY SENR ADVOTE REMEND BY SC COLLEGIUM?

Gay rights advot celebrated the lg, sayg that was even more important than the fight to get the right to marry, bee nearly every LGBTQ adult has or needs a job. While the world and India celebrat how far has e, there’s much more that needs to be done for the LGBTQ+ muny across the world bee many untri, beg gay is still nsired a crime.

(Photo: Twter/Srabh Kirpal)In a first, an openly-gay senr advote, Srabh Kirpal, has been remend by the Supreme Court Collegium to be nsired for the appotment as a judge at the Delhi High Court. If appoted, Kirpal would be the first openly gay judge the is the send time Srabh Kirpal has been officially remend by the SC Collegium for elevatn as judge to the Delhi High Court.

WHO IS SRABH KIRPAL, THE OPENLY GAY ADVOTE REMEND BY SC AS JUDGE OF DELHI HIGH COURT?

Srabh Kirpal is openly homosexual and speaks for LGBTQ rights. India may fally get s first openly gay person as a judge of a nstutnal urt.

DELHI HC LIKELY TO GET FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE

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. 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.