Advocate Saurabh Kirpal To NDTV
If appointed, Saurabh Kirpal would be the first openly gay person to become a judge of an Indian court.
New Delhi:
Senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal, whose appointment as a judge has been stalled since 2017, on Thursday, said that he believed the reason behind the limbo was his sexual orientation.
The comments come in the middle of renewed focus on judges’ appointments held up by the government that have earned the disapproval of the Supreme Court this week.
“The reason is my sexuality I don’t think the government necessarily wants to appoint an openly gay person to the bench,” Mr Kirpal said.
The union government has been sitting on the recommendation for Mr Kirpal’s appointment for five years, extending the wait for an openly gay person to become a judge of an Indian court.
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