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The Supreme Court Collegium said Kirpal possesses "competence, integrity and intellect" and his appointment will add value to the bench of the Delhi High Court and provide inclusion and diversity.

SC Collegium reiterates recommendation to elevate lawyer Saurabh Kirpal as Delhi High Court judge

The Supreme Court Collegium said Kirpal possesses "competence, integrity and intellect" and his appointment will add value to the bench of the Delhi High Court and provide inclusion and diversity.

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has reiterated its November 11, 2021 recommendation for appointment of senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal as a judge of the Delhi High Court.
The Collegium, which also comprised Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph, said the proposal for Kirpal's appointment as a judge of the high court is pending for over five years and it needs to be processed expeditiously.
"In this backdrop, the Collegium resolves to reiterate its recommendation dated 11 November, 2021 for appointment of Shri Saurabh Kirpal as a Judge of the Delhi High Court which needs to be processed expeditiously," said a statement uploaded on the apex court website.
"The recommendation unanimously made by the Collegium of the Delhi High Court on October 13, 2017 and approved by the Supreme Court Collegium on November 11, 2021 has been referred back to us on November 25, 2022 for reconsideration in light of the observations made in the file," it noted.
The statement said Kirpal possesses "competence, integrity and intellect" and his appointment will add value to the bench of the Delhi High Court and provide inclusion and diversity.
Kirpal is the son of B N Kirpal, a former Chief Justice of India.
(PTI)

In 1999, 15 people walked around Park Circus Maidan and the queer movement in India took a giant leap forward. We speak with Pawan Dhall, one of the first few walkers at the Kolkata Friendship March 1999! 

The Footnote | Revisiting India's first Pride Parade with Pawan Dhall 

In 1999, 15 people walked around Park Circus Maidan and the queer movement in India took a giant leap forward. We speak with Pawan Dhall, one of the first few walkers at the Kolkata Friendship March 1999!&nbsp;

23 years ago, 15 people took a symbolic round of the Park Circus Maidan, and the queer movement in India turned a began a new chapter in it&rsquo;s history. On this anniversary of the Kolkata Friendship Walk of 1999 we take a trip down memory lane with Pawan Dhall, a queer activist, writer and archivist.&nbsp; &nbsp; Nishtha Shanti: Can you take us back to 1999 and tell us what motivated you to hold the march and what preparation went into it? &nbsp;What was the day like, how did things feel and what was the kind of reaction you got after the parade? &nbsp;&nbsp; Pawan Dhall: I felt that this would have been just another &lsquo;michil&rsquo; or just another procession on the streets of Calcutta. And what big difference would it make? But I came around to the fact that we needed much more public visibility for the Indian queer movements. So, the Fire controversy, the controversy around the film Fire had already happened in the year 1998 and then also it spilled over into 1999. And that had brought the issue, the LGBT issues, into the public forum in one of the biggest ways ever. So, we had in the beginning, we had only 30 people who had agreed to participate. And on the day of the walk, only 15 turned up. And what we decided was that 15 people were not going to make much of a difference walking on the streets. So, we said that let's use this occasion to build bridges. So we did a symbolic walk in Park Circus Maidan, and then we split into two teams. So both the teams visited different NGOs, other social activists and government offices to talk to people to advocate on the issue of LGBT rights, and to explain LGBT rights are nothing different from human rights. The photographs went out all the media publications and one of the members who walked in in the first walk, he actually came out to his family through the walk, actually, because his photograph was also published and his family happened to see it and ask him questions. So, he used that occasion to come out to his family and fortunately he was quite well accepted &nbsp; &nbsp; NS: At the time how did the queer community react to the march? How important is inclusivity of all groups within the movement? &nbsp; &nbsp; PD: Some of the queer support groups said that &lsquo;Oh this is just a Western fad&rsquo; You have pride marches in New York and Sydney and you&rsquo;re just a poor copy of those pride marches. But I personally think that that is not how it was and for us straight acting gay men or bisexual men to be visible on the street and to be visible in public forums, it was something empowering I personally had to face a lot of criticism from fellow gay men that you are walking with lower class people, you are working with hijras, you are working with sex workers. They are not respectable. Is this the way you want to take the movement forward? So, my answer was that it is such a sad thing for you to say this because you guys are so scared all the time you are hiding in the safety of your house. You are running down people who are actually out there fighting for your rights. They are getting beaten up by the police, they are being joked about by the public, but they are facing it with courage and they are walking their pride. And this is actually nothing but misogyny as well as transphobia, which was present among many sections of the queer community and still is actually. &nbsp; &nbsp; NS: Most major cities now have their own parades that are held as a celebration and on a large scale, that largely can be attributed to the step you took all those years ago. How do you feel about queer activism today? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; PD: There were something which the Supreme Court had said in its verdict of September 2018, is that we owe an apology to the queer community for all the stigma, discrimination and violence inflicted on the queer community through the years. But what have the governments done to honor the Supreme Court's verdict either for 2018 or for the NALSA judgment on transgender rights in 2014? It is eight years now, but how many government offices have become transgender inclusive? How many government hospitals have toilets where transgender persons can go confidently without being joked or without being called names? So why would these individuals come to the government hospital &nbsp; if they&rsquo;re not going to be treated with respect? &nbsp;Why does the police come and tell adult Indians that you have to listen to your parents? Be a good boy, be a good girl, get married, have children, that is destiny. That is not the police's job. The police's job is to protect our rights. And we have rights irrespective of gender and sexuality. So, the newer activists have to keep in mind the fundamentals and not be swayed just by the upper, you know, the flimflam, the rainbow colors. That doesn't make any difference at the end of the day.&nbsp;

LGBTQ entrepreneurs have a lot to celebrate as they continue to break glass ceilings and reflect the healthy diversity among today’s prime movers in industry and government.
Let's take a look at five of the most prominent LGBT individuals in global entrepreneurship today to make their mark across countries, corporates and communities.
Tim Cook
No list on LGBTQ business leaders would be complete without a mention of Tim Cook. Prior to becoming CEO of Apple, he held the position of Chief Operations Officer at the company and is credited with giving Apple's inventory and outgoing expenses a much-needed overhaul.
Cook publicly came out in 2014, though he had always been open about his sexuality in his personal life. His announcement made him the first chief executive of a Fortune 500 company to publicly come out as gay. "I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me," he said at the time. 
Inga Beale
Former CEO of Lloyd’s of London and the company’s first female CEO, Inga Beale, is openly bisexual. She came out first as a bisexual, in an interview in 2008 and since then has made efforts to bring diversity and inclusion at the forefront in her company. “It’s not about me. It’s about what you do for other people. For me, it’s so important because you need these role models.” 
She worked for change in her own company, helping launch LGBTQ employee resource group Pride@Lloyd's. For her accomplishments, the Queen named her Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2017. 
Alan Joyce The openly-gay chief executive of Australia’s biggest airline, Qantas has been named the world’s second most powerful LGBT corporate executives. Joyce became the CEO of Qantas in 2008 but publicly announced his sexual orientation to the media in 2012. Joyce, 51, has been a vocal supporter of the campaign to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia. He supports same-sex marriage and believes that it is critical to make people recognize that they know LGBT people. 
Peter Thiel served as the CEO of PayPal from its inception to its sale to eBay in October 2002. Thiel’s sexuality came out in 2007 when Gawker Media outed him in a blog post. He became the first openly gay speaker at Republican National Convention and delivered a speech on sexuality. Thiel has proven himself as a staunch supporter of LGBT rights mainly for HomoCon, the American Foundation for Equal Rights, and GOProud.
Joel Simkhai With the birth of dating apps for straight individuals, Simkhai launched the thriving dating app for gay men Grindr in 2008. He has also used the platform to express his strong advocacy for LGBT rights and raise proceeds for the community’s causes prior to the app’s acquisition by Chinese company Kunlun in 2018. 

Pride Month: 5 most successful LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs

Marking the celebration of Pride Month and recognising those in the LGBTQ+ community that have created a platform globally for inclusion and given a voice to a section that had been silenced for decades. Editorji lists a few of these path makers for inclusiveness in businesses. 

Celebrating Pride Month: 5 business leaders who promote inclusive growth

According to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), 91% of Fortune 500 companies 'prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation'

Marking the celebration of Pride Month and recognising those in the LGBTQ+ community that have created a platform globally for inclusion and given a voice to a section that had been silenced for decades. Editorji&nbsp;lists a few of these path makers for inclusiveness in businesses.&nbsp;
Tim Cook The first openly gay leader of a Fortune 500 company made a public statement in 2014 as he came out as gay&nbsp;in an editorial for Bloomberg Business, saying, "I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me." Tim Cook said he was motivated to publicly come out as gay after receiving letters from children struggling with their sexual orientation. Jim Fitterling&nbsp; Following Cook's bold statement, the CEO&nbsp;of the petrochem&nbsp;giant Dow Chemicals also came out of the closet. On&nbsp;National Coming Out Day in 2014&nbsp;Fitterling&nbsp;publicly accepted his sexuality after concealing it for 30 years.&nbsp; Dow began flying the rainbow flag outside its Midland, Michigan headquarters.&nbsp;Fitterling said,&nbsp;&ldquo;Inclusion is about everybody feeling like they&rsquo;ve got an equal shot to get ahead and everybody feeling like it&rsquo;s a safe environment. That&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re trying to create.&rdquo;&nbsp;
Inga Beale Dame Inga Kristine Beale, DBE is a British businesswoman and the former CEO of Lloyd's of London has shattered many glass ceilings.&nbsp;In 2014, she become the first female CEO at the 325-year-old insurer Lloyd&rsquo;s of London and one of the first openly bisexual CEO in financial services. She has made waves by transforming a conservative institution, as well as the wider industry, into a more inclusive and welcoming environment. She was named to the UK Government&rsquo;s 2017 New Year&rsquo;s Honors list, for her contribution to the economy and her support of diversity Beale maintains "It&rsquo;s not about me. It&rsquo;s about what you do for other people. For me, it&rsquo;s so important because you need these role models.&rdquo;
Alan Joyce Piloting&nbsp;Australia&rsquo;s biggest airline, Alan Joyce is a common name in the list of most&nbsp;powerful LGBT corporate executives.&nbsp;Joyce became the CEO of Qantas in 2008 but publicly announced his sexual orientation&nbsp;to the media in&nbsp;2012. Joyce, 51, has been a vocal supporter of the campaign to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia.&nbsp;Joyce has been very vocal that "it is critical to make people recognize that they know LGBT people." Peter Thiel A legendary financier and co-founder of PayPal; an early investor and current board member of Facebook; a Stanford-educated billionaire, Peter Thiel&nbsp;is force to be reckoned with in the financial world&nbsp; Thiel&rsquo;s sexuality came out in 2007 when Gawker Media outed him in a blog post. This German-American made history as the first first openly gay speaker at Republican National Convention and delivered a speech on sexuality.&nbsp;"Every American has a unique identity," said Thiel. "I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all, I am proud to be an American."&nbsp;
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While most insurance companies do not charge transgender people different prices, data is still a major issue, The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) asked all life and non-life insurance companies to set out their transgender underwriting rules on their websites in order to increase transparency. 
"All the insurers now are further instructed to publish on their websites the aspects of underwriting philosophy and approach with regard to offering health insurance coverage to transgender people so that the targeted population may have complete information on the philosophy that insurers adopt in this regard," IRDAI said.
Expectations from insurers
In the event of transgender applicants, insurance companies will be compelled to disclose how such health insurance proposals would be examined, risks assessed, and premiums established.
The goal of requesting that life, health, and general insurance companies publish their underwriting approach for reviewing health insurance applications on their websites is to ensure transparency and clarity for potential transgender policyholders.
 

Health insurance for transgenders: IRDAI asks insurers for more transparency  

IRDAI's move to know transgender numbers in India 

More transparency for transgenders numbers?

The IRDAI rule makes it essential for all insurers to provide such coverage, removing any potential for misunderstanding.&nbsp;

While most insurance companies do not charge transgender people different prices, but&nbsp;data is still a major issue.
With that, The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) asked all life and non-life insurance companies to set out their transgender underwriting rules on their websites in order to increase transparency.&nbsp;
"All the insurers now are further instructed to publish on their websites the aspects of underwriting philosophy and approach with regard to offering health insurance coverage to transgender people so that the targeted population may have complete information on the philosophy that insurers adopt in this regard," IRDAI said.
Expectations from insurers
In the event of transgender applicants, insurance companies will be compelled to disclose how such health insurance proposals would be examined, risks assessed, and premiums established.
The goal of requesting that life, health, and general insurance companies publish their underwriting approach for reviewing health insurance applications on their websites is to ensure transparency and clarity for potential transgender policyholders.
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The Narendra Modi government reportedly said that only the Parliament can be a forum for creation of a new social relationship.

Same-sex marriage hearing in Supreme Court: what govt, petitioners said

The Narendra Modi government reportedly said that only the Parliament can be a forum for creation of a new social relationship.

The Supreme Court on 18 April 2023 held a hearing on petitions seeking validation of same-sex marriage.
The Narendra Modi government reportedly said that only the Parliament can be a forum for creation of a new social relationship.
The petitioners argued that they do not want to face stigma in public, and marriage can be one step towards this as the institution is respected in Indian society.
The petitioners said that they want the right to marry as it is available to others, and even the hurdle of IPC Section 377 is gone now. They also cited examples like child marriage to show how the concept has evolved over the years.
Meanwhile, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud wondered what the court can do on the issue in the absence of legislation. He reportedly gave the examples of USA and UK to say that there, the legislature had intervened first by banning, then recognising same-sex marriage.
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