Kerala High Court Allows Transgender Couple's Plea To Show Them As 'Parents', Not Father And Mother In Child's Birth Certificate
The Kerala High Court on Monday (2nd June) allowed the petition moved by a transgender couple seeking issuance of a new birth certificate for their child showing them as just 'parents' and not 'father' and 'mother'. The order was passed by Justice Ziyad Rahman A. A.The detailed order is awaited.The plea was filed by Zahhad, a transman, and Ziya Paval, a transwoman, who became India's...
The Kerala High Court on Monday (2nd June) allowed the petition moved by a transgender couple seeking issuance of a new birth certificate for their child showing them as just 'parents' and not 'father' and 'mother'. The order was passed by Justice Ziyad Rahman A. A.
The detailed order is awaited.
The plea was filed by Zahhad, a transman, and Ziya Paval, a transwoman, who became India's first transgender parents on the birth of their child in February 2023.
It was averred that the Kozhikode Corporation registered the birth of the child, and issued a birth certificate under Section 12 of the Kerala Registration of Birth and Death Rules 1999, recording the name of the father as Ziya Paval (Transgender) and that of the mother as Zahad (Transgender).
The petitioners submitted that they had requested the Corporation to avoid the name of father and mother on the birth certificate, since the biological mother of the child identified herself as a male years ago, and was presently living as male member in the society.
The plea was moved through Advocates Mariamma A.K., Padma Lakshmi, and Ipsita Ojal.
Case Title: Zahhad & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Anr.
Case Number: WP(C) 23763/ 2023
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