The Bombay High Court on Monday cleared the path for 21-year-old Bidhan Barua from Assam to undergo a sex reassignment surgery. Barua, who hails from Guwahati, had approached the Bombay high court after his family threatened him when he was in Mumbai for his operation.
This comes just days after the Bombay High Court on last Thursday warned the youth against using pressure tactics and threatening to commit suicide unless his petition was heard and orders passed immediately.
The court had summoned Bhidan’s lawyer Ejaz Naqvi after the student wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and other authorities threatening to commit suicide if his petition was not heard immediately.
In the petition, Bhidan, who feels he is a woman trapped in a man’s body, had urged the court to restrain his parents from prohibiting him to undergo sex change operation.
Bhidan, in his letter, also said that since his parents have blocked his bank accounts he does not have money for lawyer fees. On this, the judge said if needed the court would appoint an amicus curie [friend of the court] to assist him.
Bhidan had written letters to Chief Justice of India, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court and National Human Rights Commission urging them to intervene and grant him a favourable order so that he could undergo the sex change surgery or else he will commit suicide.
Bidhan, who likes to call himself Swati, alleged that his parents had thwarted the sex reassignment surgery which was to be performed at Saifee Hospital in Mumbai on 17 April. He claimed his parents threatened doctors who had refused to perform the operation unless the High Court gives a go ahead.
Bhidan had contended in his application that he is a female trapped in a male body and wants to marry a flight lieutenant in the Indian Air Force.
This comes just days after the Bombay High Court on last Thursday warned the youth against using pressure tactics and threatening to commit suicide unless his petition was heard and orders passed immediately.
The court had summoned Bhidan’s lawyer Ejaz Naqvi after the student wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and other authorities threatening to commit suicide if his petition was not heard immediately.
In the petition, Bhidan, who feels he is a woman trapped in a man’s body, had urged the court to restrain his parents from prohibiting him to undergo sex change operation.
Bhidan, in his letter, also said that since his parents have blocked his bank accounts he does not have money for lawyer fees. On this, the judge said if needed the court would appoint an amicus curie [friend of the court] to assist him.
Bhidan had written letters to Chief Justice of India, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court and National Human Rights Commission urging them to intervene and grant him a favourable order so that he could undergo the sex change surgery or else he will commit suicide.
Bidhan, who likes to call himself Swati, alleged that his parents had thwarted the sex reassignment surgery which was to be performed at Saifee Hospital in Mumbai on 17 April. He claimed his parents threatened doctors who had refused to perform the operation unless the High Court gives a go ahead.
Bhidan had contended in his application that he is a female trapped in a male body and wants to marry a flight lieutenant in the Indian Air Force.