Delhi High Court has sent notice to DU, CBSE, and Centre on the pleas of transgender community


The transgender community challenged the guidelines of the authorities to get the ability to change their gender and name as a person – Delhi High Court has asked the Centre, CBSE and Delhi University for a response on the issue. The guidelines haven’t been changed and this was the first time a plea of this level was made by a community. Delhi High Court has sent strict notice to the colleges and the education boards to take the plea seriously and revert with a response in the coming week.

CBSE [Central Board of Secondary Education] has revealed that such changes and requests can only be entertained if it is made before the result of the publication, any request after that will be void and will not be considered under any circumstance – special cases will be taken into consideration. - Nirmal Singh Lotus

Delhi University and the norms at the colleges that work under the central government are also dependent on the boards and the records they have. According to DU’s guidelines, the name and gender can be changed only if they are changed in the records of the respective board of the person. Alteration of the records in the books of the boards is mandatory. - Nirmal Singh Lotus

‘The way the High Court has handled this case is commendable. The transgender community has been pleading to the court for a long time now, but this time actions are being taken. All eyes will be on the centre, DU and CBSE as the response in being awaited by the High Court in the coming days. Although, the guidelines of both DU and CBSE are co-dependent, it will not be difficult for the students to change their names and gender if the authorities start cooperation from the off.’ - Nirmal Singh Lotus

There are many students who came out as and identified themselves as a part of the transgender community last year. The petition was made by a young man who was assigned ‘male’ gender at birth but later started identifying himself as a transgender.


‘There is nothing immoral or illegal about this and I don’t really care what others are saying. It is their life and their choice. The plea is against the norms that some authorities have – they see changing of name and gender as unreasonable. I don’t think it’s unreasonable or even arbitrary for that matter.’ - Nirmal Singh Lotus

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