Sex change surgery: HC refuses to hear Beed cop’s petition

Salve has sought a month’s leave to undergo sex reassignment surgery, but the request has been refused by Beed police authorities. She filed a petition in the High Court last week, seeking a direction to Maharashtra’s director general of police (DGP) to grant her leave for the surgery. A division bench of Justices S C Dharmadhikari and Bharti Dangre Thursday disposed of the petition and said this was a service matter and, hence, the petitioner will have to first approach the tribunal.

The court refused to accept Salve’s lawyer Ejaz Naqvi’s contention that the matter also pertains to the fundamental rights of a person.