Bombay HC allows transgender to contest polls as woman candidate
Bombay HC allows transgender to contest polls as woman candidate
In a judgment, the Bombay High Court has allowed a transgender to contest polls as a woman candidate.
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UPDATED: January 7, 2021 00:04 IST
The Bombay High Court held that Government of India had introduced the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and has permitted a transgender person to have a right to be recognized. (File photo: PTI)
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court has permitted a transgender to contest the elections from the ward and category which she has opted for in her nomination form , saying that such persons have the right to self-perceived gender identity.
Bombay HC Asserts Transgender People s Right to Self-Identify Their Gender
Overturning the decision of the returning officer, the court allowed a transgender person to contest gram panchayat polls in Maharashtra s Jalgaon district as a woman candidate.
Bombay high court. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Rights06/Jan/2021
New Delhi: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court observed that a transgender person has the right to their self-perceived gender identity in addition to the right to be recognised, interpreting the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.
The bench headed by Justice Ravindra Ghuge on Tuesday was hearing a petition filed by Anjali Guru Sanjana Jaan, a transgender woman, who challenged the returning officer’s decision to reject her nomination for the upcoming gram panchayat polls in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district.