India set to appot s first openly gay judge – The Hill

Contents:

• SRABH KIRPAL: THE MAN WHO ULD BE INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
• 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
• INDIA’S ERNMENT OBJECTS TO OPENLY GAY JUDGE NDIDATE, SAYS URT
• WHY INDIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ADVOTE SRABH KIRPAL HAS NOT YET BEEN APPOTED HC JUDGE
• INDIA SET TO APPOT S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
• SRABH KIRPAL TO BEE INDIA'S FIRST GAY JUDGE
• TOP INDIA URT BACKS GAY LAWYER'S APPOTMENT OVER T OBJECTNS
• SC AGA BACKS APPOTMENT OF OPENLY GAY ADVOTE AS DELHI HC JUDGE
• SUPREME COURT COLLEGIUM AGA BACKS GAY LAWYER SRABH KIRPAL FOR HC JUDGE

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. 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.

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

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. 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.

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. Even if the mistry has objectns, the judg n send the ndidate’s name back, and the mistry mt appot mistry, however, has some s kept tossg nam back, and judg have openly exprsed tratn that the ernment has been holdg up some remendatns to scuttle Supreme Court lawyer Menaka Guswamy, who was one of the lead lawyers the 2018 se that eventually led to the crimalizatn of nsensual gay sex, scribed the rejectn of Kirpal as “wrong, unacceptable, and unnstutnal.

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

Sce the overturng of the lonial-era law banng gay sex, after a -long battle, petns urt to allow same-sex marriage are expected to be heard by the Supreme Court paras and Bollywood movi also have ntributed to the nversatn, and jt a week ago, the lear of the Hdu anizatn that is the iologil parent of the BJP ma statements support of queer people, cg Hdu Grover, a Supreme Court lawyer who is workg on ongog same-sex marriage petns, said that the early 2000s, he stggled to fd petners for gay rights s.

Of urse, would be stupid for to say that society has pletely embraced homosexualy, ” said Sanjoy Ghosh, another Supreme Court lawyer, “but fely, we are a much better place than we were even 10 years ago. ”In light of this progrs, Ghosh said he fds even more “shockg” and “alarmg” that the ernment objects to Kirpal’s, who has reprented petners the se that eventually crimalized nsensual gay sex and is also part of the ongog same-sex marriage s, has been awag approval for the judghip for five years. 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’S ERNMENT OBJECTS TO OPENLY GAY JUDGE NDIDATE, SAYS URT

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.

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

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

India is set to appot s first openly gay judge.

INDIA SET TO APPOT S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE

WAR ERUPTS OVER NEW MARVEL BLOCKBUSTER’S GAY SUPERHERO. India's top urt crimalised homosexualy 2018 by scrappg a lonial-era ban on gay the ernment said oppos regnisg same-sex marriage and urged the Supreme Court to reject challeng to the current legal amework lodged by LGBT upl. "In recent months at least 15 pleas, some by gay upl, have been filed askg the urt to regnise same-sex marriag, settg the stage for a legal face-off wh Prime Mister Narendra Modi's issue of same-sex marriage is sensive India and speakg openly about homosexualy is taboo for many the socially-nservative untry of 1.

SRABH KIRPAL TO BEE INDIA'S FIRST GAY JUDGE

A landmark judgment by India’s hight urt has overturned a lonial-era law that crimaliz nsensual gay sex, a hard-fought victory for the LGBTQ muny.

The urt verdict is a major tone for LGBTQ-intifyg people across the untry, where homosexualy remas a social taboo and gay people face enmic discrimatn. ” India jos 17 Commonwealth natns that have overturned laws crimalizg homosexualy, a legacy left behd most of the natns by the former Brish lonial lers.

Homosexualy still remas illegal 36 Commonwealth untri, cludg Sgapore, Kenya and Sri Lanka. For much of the perd before Brish le, homosexualy featured promently Indian relig texts and sculptur.

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

” The lg may also help dismantle the stigma attached to HIV and AIDS among gay men as the law imped many om seekg the medil re they need. New Delhi’s High Court crimalized homosexualy among nsentg adults 2009, only to be later overturned by the untry’s Supreme Court 2012, followg appeals om relig groups. Gay India earlier this year.

“I thought this would send a msage to people ral areas as they would likely take the word of a scientist who is livg as an openly-gay man. He says spreadg awarens to remote areas is a major hurdle as a majory of people the regns nsir homosexualy a disease, or at bt, a phase.

SC AGA BACKS APPOTMENT OF OPENLY GAY ADVOTE AS DELHI HC JUDGE

Mai rells how his mother blamed homosexualy on his cy life when he me out to his fay 2016. Even though Hdu and Mlim groups cid to stand back and not legally challenge the petn, members om all relig groups have vociferoly fend their anti-gay stand speech and media appearanc.

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. 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. But the proposal was sent back by the ernment last ernment says Kirpal's "arnt volvement and passnate attachment to the e of gay-rights" uld fluence his cisns and also objected to his ndidature sce his partner is a Swiss Supreme Court llegium, prisg India's chief jtice and two other senr judg, refuted both objectns om the ernment and reerated s remendatn for Kirpal's appotment.

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

"There is no reason to pre-suppose that the partner of the ndidate, who is a Swiss Natnal, would be imilly disposed to our untry, sce the untry of his orig is a iendly natn, " the llegium said a statement, also credg Kirpal for his openly gay stance. If elected, Kirpal would be India's first openly gay 's lonial-era ban on gay sex was scrapped 2018, but members of India's lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny still pla of a lack of acceptance and discrimatn Indian top urt's support at a time when senr officials the ernment have said they want to have a bigger role choosg judg, a mand several lawyers and judg say threatens the pennce of the ernment has recently held back on approvg several ndidat, whout givg a reason. It is the latt a seri of urt cisns to challenge the untry’s nservative mor, and uld have major implitns for the rights of women and gay urt led favor of Deepika Sgh, a nurse whose employer, a ernment medil stute northern India, had nied her applitn for materny leave after she gave birth bee she had already taken leave to re for her hband’s children om a prev marriage.

In recent years, the urt has creasgly phed back agast India’s societal norms on genr and sexualy, an apparent nod to the fact that many Indians themselv are rejectg those a landmark lg 2014, the urt regnized transgenr people as a third genr servg equal accs to legal protectns and social welfare Supreme Court crimalized homosexualy 2018, overturng one of the world’s olst bans on nsensual gay September, the urt opened the door for women to pursue ary reers at the hight levels, and May, orred the police to rpect the right for women to engage the groundbreakg lg on homosexualy, activists have been petng urts to legalize gay marriage, and to extend the benefs of marriage to same-sex domtic partnerships, as well as to allow same-sex upl to foster and adopt effort has bumped up agast a plex approach to acmodatg India’s relig India, marriage is erned by a set of relig, personal laws, which date to the lonial era and vary among fahs, and by a secular law lled the Special Marriage Act. CHENNAI, India (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - An Indian judge who went to a psychologist to tackle his “ignorance and prejudice” about same-sex relatnships has been praised for his lg a police harassment se that mpaigners hope uld raise awarens about LGBT+ Anand Venkath, who ss Madras High Court, led this week favour of a young lbian uple who had acced police of “harassg qutng” when followg up a missg persons report filed by the women’s disapprovg a 107-page judgment that LGBT+ activists hailed as ank and sensive, Venkath scrib the personal journey he unrtook to nont his own bias and lack of knowledge about gay relatnships before givg his lg.

“I have no hatn acceptg that I too belong to the majory of moners who are yet to prehend homosexualy pletely...