Transgender persons can contest polls as female from wards reserved for women: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court in its order noted that the Government of India has introduced the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and has permitted a transgender person to have a right to self-perceived gender identity.
Bombay HC upholds transgender person's right to self-perceived gender identity
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has allowed a transgender person to contest village panchayat polls in the women’s category, saying that such persons have the right to “self-perceived gender identity”.
A single bench of Justice Ravindra Ghuge on January 2 allowed a petition filed by Anjali Guru Sanjana Jaan challenging the December 31, 2020 order passed by a returning officer that rejected her nomination for contesting a gram panchayat election in Jalgaon district.