Madras HC allows trans man to reunite with woman in dad's custody

MADURAI: Granting relief to a trans man by allowing him to reunite with a woman detained against her will by her father, the Madras high court observed that two had entered into a relationship both protected and permitted under the Constitution. The court was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the trans man before the HC's Madurai bench seeking to set the woman at liberty.
The court observed that when it inquired with the petitioner and the woman, both stated that they had been in a relationship for more than three years. Taking into consideration that the woman was a major and willing to go with the petitioner of her own volition, the court set her at liberty and permitted her to go along with the petitioner.