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Transgender Rights in Election Nomination by Shreya Sinha is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document is a judgment from the High Court of Judicature at Bombay regarding a writ petition filed by Anjali Guru Sanjana Jaan, a transgender person whose nomination form to contest the election from a women-general category ward was rejected. The Court relied on the Transgender Persons Act and a Supreme Court judgment recognizing transgender rights. It directed that the petitioner must be allowed to contest the election under the female gender given her statement that she has permanently adopted a fema

Author

Shreya Sinha

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EN