New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday searching for responses from the Government of Delhi and the Delhi Commission for the protection of children’s rights (DCPCR) on the application that strives to declare a medical selective-sex operation ban that is not necessary in infants and children intersex except in the case of a life-threatening situation.
Chairman of the Judge D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued a notification to the Government of Delhi and DCPCR and asked them to respond to the petition.
The bench registered the problem to hear further in October.
The petition submitted by NGOs, the Srishti Madurai educational research foundation, said the DCPCR gave the opinion that the Delhi government and his health department must declare an unnecessary and selective prohibition of medical operations in the baby Intersex and children except in the case of life-threatening situations but not There is a decision taken in the opinion until now.
“Selective Sex Operation Problems or medical normalization operations that do not need to have a durable psychological impact on the minds of intersex people and prevent them even to seek medical attention in the future.
This aspect is evidenced by recent news reports that examine The reason is behind the reluctance to seek medical assistance despite having Covid-19 symptoms among a large number of intersex people, “the request, which was submitted through Robin Raju’s advocate, said Deepa Prakash, and Deepa Joseph.
The applicant looks for directions from the government to implement DCPCR opinions and also frame detailed policies or guidelines that determine the conditions when medical operations in infants and intersex children can be done.
The request said that such an operating problem may not be the main news or problems that get the advantage in the front page of the newspaper but it is indeed a problem that is available and common in the community.
It was said that cases of intersex human rights violations in India were ordinary unwittingly in the past, but at this time due to the strong influence of social media, such news was highlighted in the public domain.
It also refers to the assessment of the Supreme Court which states that no one will be forced to undergo medical procedures, including sex assignment operations, sterilization or hormone therapy, as a requirement for their gender recognition.