KEY FACTS: A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Kerala High Court by Aneera Kabeer, a trans activist seeking various reliefs relating to transgender people during the period of COVID-19 threat. The writ petition sought for measures by the state government for “the distribution of food ration, medicines, access to medical treatment, etc. to […]
ASHISH KUMAR MISRA VS. BHARAT SARKAR
KEY FACTS: A public interest petition was filed regarding food security of transgender persons under The National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA). Section 13 of the NFSA deals with who is considered the “head of the household”. The section is gender-specific. It mandates that the head of the household must be the eldest female, or in […]
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 […]