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Madras High Court orders gender record change for nursing council member
A Tamil Nadu High Court bench has directed the state nursing regulator to update its records to reflect a member's gender designation as 'male' only, without use of additional qualifiers. The order specifies that terms such as 'transgender male' should not appear in official documentation.
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The Madras High Court has issued directions to the Tamil Nadu Nursing Council to modify the gender entry in its official records for one of its members, instructing that the individual be identified solely as 'male' in all documentation. Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy's order emphasizes that no additional gender descriptors or qualifiers should be used in the registry maintained by the nursing regulatory body. This directive addresses how the council maintains and presents identity information for its registered members. The court's intervention highlights ongoing questions about how professional regulatory bodies in India document and manage gender identity information for their members. The implications of the order for how other professional councils handle similar matters remain to be seen as the ruling enters the public domain.