Saurabh Kirpal

After studying physics at St. Stephen's College in New Delhi, Saurabh Kirpal read law at the University of Oxford and did his master's in law at the University of Cambridge. He worked briefly with the United Nations in Geneva before returning to New Delhi. He is a designated Senior Counsel and has been practising law at the Supreme Court of India for well over two decades and has appeared in a range of matters involving fundamental rights. His clients cross the political and ideological spectrum. He was the counsel for Navtej Johar, Ritu Dalmia and others in the case that led to the striking down of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.