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S Sushma & Anr. versus Commissioner of Police & Ors. (2021) is a landmark decision of the Madras High Court that prohibited practice of "conversion therapy" by medical professionals in India. [1] [2] [3] The court directed comprehensive measures to sensitize the society and various branches of the Union and State governments to remove ...
Swaminathan was a part of the Hindu Munnani in 2015.. A lawyer representing Democratic Advocates' Association, wrote to the Madras High Court's Chief Justice in July 2022, requesting the resignation of Swaminathan, who had lauded BJP leader K. Annamalai in a court case, based on the premise that the court must be impartial and cannot endorse any political party.
Arun Kumar & Anr. versus Inspector General of Registration & Ors. (2019) is a decision of the Madras High Court which recognised trans woman as a "bride" within the meaning of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 and prohibited genital-normalizing surgery (referred to as sex reassignment surgery in the case) for intersex infants and children except on life-threatening situations.
On 22 April 2019, the Madras High Court Justice G.R. Swaminathan issued a landmark judgment upholding the marriage rights of transgender women under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, [13] In August 2020 the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment appointed Gopi Shankar Madurai as the South Regional representative in the National Council for ...
Court judgments. On 20 July 1899, a permanent order was issued by the sub-judge of Madurai East to prohibit the Nadars from entering the temple indefinitely in the future. An extra police force was deployed at Kamudi at the expense of the residents for a period of 5 years from November 5, 1900, in order to prevent any conflict between the ...
The Madurai bench of Madras High Court took suo motu cognizance of the matter and on 24 June, a bench consisting of Justices P.N. Prakash and B. Pugalendhi ordered the Superintendent of Police, Thoothukudi, to inquire into the incident and submit a status report. [11]
The bench drew upon the judgment of the Supreme Court in Soni Gerry v. Gerry Douglas (2018), wherein it was observed that the court cannot assume the role of parens patriae and curtail the liberty of an individual who has reached the age of majority. Similarly, the bench referred to the judgment of the Supreme Court in Nandakumar v
On 22 April 2019 the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) passed a landmark judgment [9] and issued direction to ban sex-selective surgeries on intersex infants while referring work of Srishti Madurai. [10] The Court took note of the rampant practice of compulsory sex reassignment surgeries performed on intersex infants and children. [11] [12]