Growing up in a family of lawyers in Delhi, it wasn’t surprising that Saurabh Kirpal would choose a career in law. But it was only when he started living as an openly gay man with his partner in India ...

A Supreme Court panel in India has recommended the name of an openly gay lawyer to be a judge in what is being described as a "milestone" for LGBTQ rights. Legal journalist Suchitra Mohanty reports.

Blurbs from great lawyers talk about the educational value of Saurabh Kirpal’s new book, Who is Equal?. But the manuscript is a mind map of a person figuring out his place in a world where, for all ...

Of the 14 lawyers recommended by the Delhi high court collegium for judgeship after 2017, when Saurabh Kirpal’s name was proposed, 13 have been appointed as judges in the high court The Union ...

Senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal, a member of the LGBTQ+ community who argued petitions seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriage (marriage equality), told Moneycontrol that he had never imagined he ...

The Supreme Court Collegium recommended that senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal be elevated to the role of judge to the Delhi High Court. This would make Kirpal the first openly gay judge in the country.

Speakers shared their views on the two canonical judgements that decriminalised homosexuality and adultery in India and the gender narrative and fluidity of desire in Indian society. (From left) ...

Speaking exclusively with Moneycontrol on why he has not withdrawn his consent to be made a judge of the Delhi High Court, senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal said that he wants to become a judge to give ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - India's top court has reiterated its backing for lawyer Saurabh Kirpal to be appointed as a judge at the Delhi High Court even after the federal government made ...

Days after Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s letter seeking government representation in Collegium, the Supreme Court Collegium reiterated its recommendation for appointing senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal, a ...

Who is equal? Supreme court senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal attempts to answer this in his book of the same title, examining various aspects of life— marriage, business, education, employment and ...

Jaipur: A gender neutral Uniform Civil Code (UCC) may be fair to women, but in the present political milieu, it will inevitably be seen as anti-minority, senior advocate at Delhi High Court, Saurabh ...