Take necessary steps to include Transgender/Third Gender option in UPSC Applications: Delhi HC [Read Order]
Delhi High Court has directed the Union Public Service Commission to take necessary steps to include 'Transgender/Third Gender' as a gender option in the application form for the Civil Services Examination. The Bench comprising Chief Justice Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal was hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by Delhi High Court Lawyer Jamshed Ansari. It is also submitted that no steps could be taken pending the application for clarification to modify the Rules relating to Civil Services Examinations to incorporate 'Transgender / Third Gender' in the application forms and now that the issue has been clarified by order dated 30.06.2016, the appropriate steps would be taken for modification of the Rules in terms of the judgment of the Supreme Court in National Legal Services Authority Vs. Union of India & Ors. The Bench has disposed of the writ petition with a direction to UPSC to take necessary steps expeditiously in terms of the judgment of the Supreme Court in National Legal Services Authority Vs. Union of India & Ors.
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