![]() ![]() Alexander always sought his friend’s advice and would give him sensitive military tasks. ![]() One version is that Alexander had remarked “it’s alright, he is also Alexander”. Hephaestion is pointing to Alexander, seeming to say “it’s not me but him”. In front of them, the mother, wife and two daughters of Darius are kneeling, but the senior lady is facing Hephaestion, thinking he is Alexander. In a canvas painted by the Venetian painter, Paolo Veronese, which hangs in the National Gallery at London, Alexander and Hephaestion are shown standing together. Hephaestion was always by the side of his friend on these campaigns, and was himself a senior general and brave commander. Later in the Battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum), he defeated Porus and turned back. All this is well chronicled.Īlexander conquered Egypt and invaded Persia, where in the battle of Issus, he defeated Darius. At 13, they were sent to study under Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, who is reputed to have said that “they were like two bodies with one soul”. They were close friends, the same age and very closely bonded together. One was the son of the King of Macedonia, and other, the son of a Macedonian noble. The first known high-profile gay couple-Alexander and Hephaestion-lived from 356-323 BC. But lawyers don’t bother about what happens in the privacy of the judge’s bedroom. On such days, lawyers say that he got up from the wrong side of the bed or had a fight with his wife. Sometimes, lawyers find the judge in a bad mood, unsmilingly going through his board and dismissing good cases. Personal relations can be devastating should dishonesty creep into the working life of a judge. Was it because he is gay and his partner is a foreigner? The matter which is really of concern is the deferment of Kirpal’s candidature for elevation, over and over again, by the Supreme Court’s collegium since 2018. Many of these qualities are possessed by most judges when they are elevated and the missing ones are acquired on the Bench, on the job as it were.ĭoes a judge’s private life-who his girlfriends or boyfriends are or have been, the relationship he enjoys with his wife, siblings and family-even matter to the Bar and the ordinary litigant, the real stake-holder? Saurabh Kirpal (49), B.Sc (Physics) from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University, BA (Oxon), MA (Cantab) and Senior Advocate, is eminently suitable for the Bench. The lawyer selected for judgeship is one who is expected to be a good judge, efficient, knowledgeable, compassionate, kind yet stern, aloof, neutral and apolitical. No one really cares who becomes a judge and who doesn’t, except the collegium and the prospective lawyers in the zone of consideration, waiting in the wings for years. The brouhaha over Saurabh Kirpal’s impending elevation to the Bench is an over-reaction. Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. ![]()
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