KEY FACTS: Ganga Kumari had applied for the post of a woman police constable. She was qualified and successfully cleared the written examination, physical efficiency tests and also underwent a medical examination. Despite being selected for the post, she was denied an appointment letter because the medical report termed her a “hermaphrodite”. After repeated unanswered […]
NANGAI-II V. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE
ISSUE Whether the termination of Nangai- II was based on a resignation letter obtained by force because of her variations in sex characteristics? KEY FACTS Nangai- II (name changed) was assigned female at birth and lived her entire life as a woman. She was selected for the post of a woman police constable and passed […]
NANGAI V. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE
ISSUE First, whether Nangai, a woman with variations in sexual characteristics, is eligible for appointment as “Woman Police Constable”? Second, whether the termination of her services for having such variations in sexual characteristics is wrong in law? KEY FACTS Nangai (name changed) was assigned and registered as female at birth. Nangai’s documents, including her birth […]
NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (NALSA) V. UNION OF INDIA
ISSUE Whether transgender persons have the right to legal recognition of self-perceived gender? Whether persons who fall outside the male/female binary can be recognised as a third gender? KEY FACTS The National Legal Services Authority of India (NALSA) filed a petition in the public interest, seeking the recognition of self-perceived gender identity and a “third […]