Delhi HC asks Indian Navy to consider giving alternate job to cadet, who was dismissed for undergoing sex change
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre to consider giving an alternate job to a transgender sailor who was removed from service after sex change, terming it an “out of the box situation”.
“You can punish her for indiscipline, but at the same time you can accommodate her,” a bench of Justices G S Sistani and V K Rao suggested to Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain, who appeared for the Centre and Navy.
Calling for a change in mindset, the bench said the instant case was probably the only one of its kind in the armed forces and asked the Navy to consider the transgender for some other job.
“Here is an opportunity to look at it from a different perspective. It is an out of the box situation. It maybe a first of its kind situation.
“Here is a person struggling with gender identity. Had she suppressed the condition and continued, it would have been dangerous. It could have been fatal. Think about it and come back,” the bench said and listed the matter for further hearing on November 23.
The court said that while the person deserved to be punished for indiscipline for being absent without leave, but where there was …read more