{"id":53022,"date":"2018-06-05T13:24:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T07:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53022"},"modified":"2018-06-05T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T07:57:23","slug":"kerala-hc-ordered-examination-of-a-transgender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kerala-hc-ordered-examination-of-a-transgender","title":{"rendered":"Kerala HC ordered examination of a transgender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Kerala\u00a0High Court\u00a0today ordered medical examination of a 25-year-old person, who claimed to be a<\/p>\n<p>transgender, on a plea by his mother, alleging that her son was being illegally detained by members of the community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/image.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" data-attachment-id=\"53023\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/kerala-hc-ordered-examination-of-a-transgender\/image\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/image.jpg?fit=728%2C382&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,382\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/image.jpg?fit=640%2C336&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-53023\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/image.jpg?resize=300%2C157&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/image.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/image.jpg?resize=150%2C79&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/image.jpg?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The order was issued by the Division bench comprising Justices V Chitambaresh and K P Jyothindranath on a Habeas Corpus Petition filed by his mother, alleging that her son was illegally detained by the transgender community.<\/p>\n<p>The man, produced before the Court today, claimed to be a transgender and wanted to live with other members of the transgender community.<\/p>\n<p>The court then directed a team of doctors at a hospital here to examine whether the person was a transgender or not by a medical\/psychological examination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Kerala\u00a0High Court\u00a0today ordered medical examination of a 25-year-old person, who claimed to be a transgender, on a plea by his mother, alleging that her son was being illegally detained by members of the community. 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