Facts: A petition was filed by a parents of a child born with intersex variations seeking mandamus to conduct a genital reconstructive surgery to bring the child up as female. Though the Karyotype Report-46XX was indicative of the child being female, no doctor was willing to conduct the surgery without direction from a competent court. […]
CHINMAYEE JENA VS STATE OF ODISHA & OTHERS
KEY FACTS: The petition concerns Sonu Krishna Jena (the name assigned at birth – Chinmayee Jena), a transman who had been in a consensual relationship with his romantic partner Rashmi (original name withheld) since 2017 and chose to be in a live-in relationship together at their apartment in Bhubaneshwar. On 9th April 2020, Rashmi’s mother […]