KEY FACTS: Sangeeta Hijra, a transgender woman filed her nomination for ‘female unreserved’ seat to contest the Patna Municipal election in 2017. The Deputy Development Commissioner of Patna (the “commissioner”) issued an order rejecting her nomination. The order stated that Sangeeta Hijra was not eligible for the ‘female unreserved’ seat because she is a transgender person. […]
VINOD H.N. V. STATE OF KARNATAKA
ISSUE Whether Vinod, an intersex person, is entitled to change his name and gender in his educational documents, ration card and voter ID? KEY FACTS Vinod H.N., the petitioner was born intersex. In his birth documents, this was listed as a medical condition called “severe perianal hypospadasis” (intersex variation). Vinod identified as male and wanted […]