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 guidel...