LGBTQ Rights

The Queer Case of Judicial Appointments: The Collegium vs. a Gay Lawyer

By |2020-05-02T11:10:16+05:30October 2nd, 2019|Diversity, LGBTQ Rights, Supreme Court of India|

Editor's Note: In this post, Priyamvadha Shivaji, writes about the Supreme Court's reluctance in diversifying its composition and how the delay in the appointment of a queer lawyer to the bench affects the Court's legitimacy regarding claims of upholding representative values and accepting diversity. In its historic verdict in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of [...]