Everyone has a fundamental right to be recognized in their chosen Gender: Delhi HC allows transgender student to return to US [Read Judgment]
9 years, 5 months ago

Everyone has a fundamental right to be recognized in their chosen Gender: Delhi HC allows transgender student to return to US [Read Judgment]

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"Shivani is a brave-heart," observed Justice Siddharth Mridul, coming to the rescue of a 19 year old NRI transgender, who had approached the Court alleging that her parents had forcibly brought her to India and got her enrolled in an educational institution in Agra so that she could be reformed and taught to be a "normal girl". Delivering the judgment that is being widely appreciated by rights activists, the Court expressed its vexation with the behavior meted out to transgenders and observed, "Every human being has certain inalienable rights. Justice Siddharth Mridul cited the Supreme Court's landmark judgment in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India delivered last year recognizing transgenders as third gender and said that the trauma, agony and pain of the members of the transgender community continues unabated despite the apex court verdict. You may read: The "Third" Gender by Pragalbhi Joshi Shivani had approached the High Court for protection and return of travel documents, with the help of NGO activists.

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Reservation Policy For Transgender Persons In NLSIU To Be Made By Executive Committee, Can't Be Done In Ad Hoc Manner: Varsity To High Court
2 weeks ago

Reservation Policy For Transgender Persons In NLSIU To Be Made By Executive Committee, Can't Be Done In Ad Hoc Manner: Varsity To High Court

Live Law  

The National Law School of India University told the Karnataka High Court on Monday that because of single judge's direction ordering the varsity to provide reservation of 0.5% to transgender persons with fee waiver, the "entire administration of admission process has been disturbed" and is interfering with its autonomy. “NALSA judgment said transgender persons cannot be categorized as Male or …

Delhi's disability pension forms now recognise transgender individuals
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Delhi's disability pension forms now recognise transgender individuals

India Today  

Delhi's Social Welfare Department has updated its disability pension application forms to include a 'transgender' option. This change enables transgender individuals with disabilities to apply for financial assistance under the disability pension scheme, marking a pivotal step in acknowledging and supporting the transgender community within the capital's social welfare framework. This move is expected to benefit numerous transgender individuals who …

Sexual Assault Against Transgender: The Definitional Void And The Absurdity Of Indian Penal Provisions
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Sexual Assault Against Transgender: The Definitional Void And The Absurdity Of Indian Penal Provisions

Live Law  

Every year in the month of June, the world witnesses a plethora of parades. But all the related provisions on sexual assault still carry the term “women”, which is non-neutral terminology, excluding transgender persons. Now the difficulty is that, on the one hand, the new Act widened the definition of gender, but on the other hand, it still restricts the …

Delhi Assembly Election 2024: Transgender Voters Face ID Certificate Barriers, Low Electoral Registration, Polling Booth Discrimination
2 months, 1 week ago

Delhi Assembly Election 2024: Transgender Voters Face ID Certificate Barriers, Low Electoral Registration, Polling Booth Discrimination

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 24, 2025 19:40 IST - 8 MINS READ As Delhi gears up for its Assembly election, transgender voters say they face a dilemma: choosing between their right to vote and their right to be recognised for who they are. Even Rajan Singh, Delhi’s first transgender candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, could not vote due to …

Kerala HC Directs State To Provide Reservations To Transgender Persons In Educational Institutions And Public Employment Within 6 Months
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala HC Directs State To Provide Reservations To Transgender Persons In Educational Institutions And Public Employment Within 6 Months

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has directed the State Government to provide reservations to transgender persons within six months in educational institutions and for public employment. In such circumstances, we are of the view that the Government shall implement measures to provide reservations to transgenders within six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment.” The court …

Centre outlines process for transgender citizens returning to India after gender affirmation surgery abroad
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre outlines process for transgender citizens returning to India after gender affirmation surgery abroad

The Hindu  

Transgender citizens who undergo gender affirmation surgery abroad can re-enter India by submitting a sworn affidavit of gender change along with a certificate from the hospital, the Union government has informed the Delhi High Court. The court was dealing with the case of a transgender person who had undergone gender affirmation surgery outside India and faced difficulties in returning home. …

MEA Informs Delhi High Court Of Documents Required For Gender Change Recognition In Passports After Surgery Abroad
2 months, 3 weeks ago

MEA Informs Delhi High Court Of Documents Required For Gender Change Recognition In Passports After Surgery Abroad

Live Law  

The Ministry of External Affairs has recently informed the Delhi High Court about the documents that an individual who has undergone a gender change abroad can submit upon returning to India, in order to reflect the change of gender in the passport. The MEA's communication stated that for change of gender in passport from transgender to Male/Female, an applicant may …

Transgender student faces discriminatory treatment at Chennai airport
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Transgender student faces discriminatory treatment at Chennai airport

New Indian Express  

Sakshi Jain, a final-year law student at the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, and an openly transgender woman, had a distressing experience while traveling through Chennai International Airport last week. The incident, involving personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force, has sparked outrage and drawn attention to the ongoing discrimination against transgender individuals in public spaces, particularly at airports. …

First in India: Transgender persons to manage traffic
6 months, 2 weeks ago

First in India: Transgender persons to manage traffic

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at inclusivity and providing employment opportunities, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has announced a new experiment in Hyderabad's traffic management system by hiring transgender individuals as traffic control volunteers. Additionally, the Chief Minister suggested that transgender volunteers should have a special uniform while on duty, creating a sense of professionalism and recognition. The uniform …

Kerala transwoman forced to undergo conversion therapy gets HC relief
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala transwoman forced to undergo conversion therapy gets HC relief

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court allowed a 19-year-old transwoman to live freely after she was allegedly held in illegal detention by her parents and sister and forced to undergo therapy aimed at ‘altering’ her gender identity. The bench of justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and PM Manoj held that LGBT persons like other heterosexual persons are entitled to their privacy and the …

Kerala transwoman forced to undergo conversion therapy gets HC relief
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala transwoman forced to undergo conversion therapy gets HC relief

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court allowed a 19-year-old transwoman to live freely after she was allegedly held in illegal detention by her parents and sister and forced to undergo therapy aimed at ‘altering’ her gender identity. The bench of justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and PM Manoj held that LGBT persons like other heterosexual persons are entitled to their privacy and the …

For the queer community at IIT-Delhi, new gender-neutral restrooms are a ‘big win’
9 months ago

For the queer community at IIT-Delhi, new gender-neutral restrooms are a ‘big win’

The Hindu  

“Earlier, I could never use men’s restrooms without feeling scared, and using women’s restrooms would leave me with a sense of gender dysphoria, but now, there is a safe space for me on campus,” says Ray, a 20-year-old non-binary student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, adding that the new gender-neutral restrooms on college premises have become their “favourite …

Treat transgenders as special category for employment, education: Madras HC
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Treat transgenders as special category for employment, education: Madras HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Holding that the transgenders should be treated only as a special category irrespective of their caste, the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to not bring them under either female or male category for education and employment. Justice V Bhavani Subbaroyan in an order passed on June 12, 2024 said in 'every employment and educational avenues,' …

Madras High Court Directs State To Prescribe Separate Norms For Transgender Persons In Employment And Educational Avenues
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras High Court Directs State To Prescribe Separate Norms For Transgender Persons In Employment And Educational Avenues

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has directed the state government to prescribe separate norms for transgender persons in employment and educational avenues. In every employment and educational avenues, the Government shall prescribe separate norms for transgenders which shal be below the norms prescribed for male and female candidates,” the court ruled. Justice Bhavani Subbaroyan remarked that the state government was still …

Gender change through surgery a constitutional right, says Allahabad HC
1 year, 7 months ago

Gender change through surgery a constitutional right, says Allahabad HC

Hindustan Times  

A person has the constitutional right to change their gender through surgical intervention, the Allahabad high court has observed, ordering the Uttar Pradesh director general of police to decide on an application by a woman police constable who sought permission for sex reassignment surgery On April 15, 2014, the Supreme Court recognised transpersons as third gender and affirmed their rights …

Gender change through surgery a constitutional right: HC
1 year, 7 months ago

Gender change through surgery a constitutional right: HC

Hindustan Times  

PRAYAGRAJ The Allahabad High Court has reaffirmed an individual’s Constitutional right to undergo gender transition through surgical procedures. The petitioner claimed to be experiencing Gender Dysphoria and expressed a desire for SRS to align her physical appearance with her true male identity. In that landmark case, the Supreme Court had recognised transgender individuals as the ‘third gender’ and accorded them …

In pursuit of legal recognition of transpersons as ‘third gender’ for free travel on DTC buses
1 year, 10 months ago

In pursuit of legal recognition of transpersons as ‘third gender’ for free travel on DTC buses

The Hindu  

Fed up with the daily harassment that bus marshals of the Delhi Transport Corporation meted out over obtaining pink tickets, Amit Juyal moved the Delhi High Court in October 2022 seeking legal recognition for members of the transgender community as ‘third gender’ in order to avail of free travel. Juyal told The Hindu that the PIL was filed because bus …

Bus Tickets - Decide Representation To Recognize Transgender Persons As Third Gender In A Month Or Ask MD To Remain Present: Delhi High Court To DTC
1 year, 11 months ago

Bus Tickets - Decide Representation To Recognize Transgender Persons As Third Gender In A Month Or Ask MD To Remain Present: Delhi High Court To DTC

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has asked the Managing Director of Delhi Transport Corporation to remain present before it or decide the representation seeking recognition of transgender community as a third gender on bus tickets and providing them free travel within one month.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora was hearing a plea moved by Amit Juyal, a transgender, seeking initiation of civil. …

No separate policy under consideration for jobs to transgender persons: Centre
2 years ago

No separate policy under consideration for jobs to transgender persons: Centre

The Hindu  

Even as the clamour for horizontal reservation for transgender people in government jobs and education grows across India, the Union government on Wednesday told Rajya Sabha that there was no separate policy under consideration to provide jobs to transgender people in government organisations. Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Pratima Bhoumik replied, “Currently there is no such matter …

If Society Is Progressing, Why Can't Laws Also Progress? Bombay High Court Pulls Up Govt For Not Complying With SC Ruling On Transgender Rights
2 years, 3 months ago

If Society Is Progressing, Why Can't Laws Also Progress? Bombay High Court Pulls Up Govt For Not Complying With SC Ruling On Transgender Rights

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday pulled up the state government for being in a "slumber" and not making provisions for transgender persons in recruitment in the police department. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Abhay Ahuja was hearing the State's appeal against directions issued by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal for adding 'other gender' option in …

Inheritance rights of transgenders: Journey hitherto and challenges ahead
2 years, 4 months ago

Inheritance rights of transgenders: Journey hitherto and challenges ahead

Firstpost  

With the law recognising only sons and daughters as legal successors, a transgender person’s right to inheritance is mired in legal tangles While our Constitution guarantees equality in every sphere of life, including law, to every Indian citizen, the reality is starkly different. However, with the personal laws still acknowledging only ‘sons’ or ‘daughters’ as successors in the absence of …

High Court Gives Delhi Govt Four Months To Decide on Recognizing Transgenders As Third Gender on DTC Bus Tickets
2 years, 5 months ago

High Court Gives Delhi Govt Four Months To Decide on Recognizing Transgenders As Third Gender on DTC Bus Tickets

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Government to decide in four months a representation seeking recognition of transgender community as a third gender on the tickets of DTC buses and a provision for free travel for them.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad disposed of a public interest litigation filed by …

As SC Recognises Sex Work as a Job, Times When Judiciary Chose Rights over Tradition
2 years, 10 months ago

As SC Recognises Sex Work as a Job, Times When Judiciary Chose Rights over Tradition

News 18  

In a significant order this week, the Supreme Court directed that police should neither interfere nor take criminal action against adult and consenting sex workers. The judiciary in the recent years have passed several significant judgments promoting equality before the law and promoting individual freedom: Unmarried couple staying in a hotel Not illegal An unmarried couple staying together in a …

Despite legislation, transgender community faces discrimination and abuse
2 years, 10 months ago

Despite legislation, transgender community faces discrimination and abuse

The Hindu  

More than three years after she was denied a job in the Maharashtra State Police force despite passing the written exam with flying colours because a medical test declared her a "man" citing anatomical anomalies even she was not aware of, the Bombay High Court on Thursday finally cleared the way for the woman's appointment, asking the Maharashtra Government to …

Insisting On Transgender Person To Produce "Gender Re-Assignment Certificate" For Passport Prima Facie Violates Article 21: Delhi High Court
2 years, 11 months ago

Insisting On Transgender Person To Produce "Gender Re-Assignment Certificate" For Passport Prima Facie Violates Article 21: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday observed that the Passport Rues, insofar as they require a Transgender person to produce certificate of Gender Re-assignment Surgery, is prima facie in teeth of the Supreme Court's judgment in NALSA v. Union of India and is violative of Article 21 of the Constitution.A Bench led by Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi observed,"You can't …

'Transgender Prisoners Face Gender Discrimination': PIL In Patna High Court Seeks Separate Lock Ups, State To File Response
3 years ago

'Transgender Prisoners Face Gender Discrimination': PIL In Patna High Court Seeks Separate Lock Ups, State To File Response

Live Law  

The Patna High Court has sought state's response in a public interest litigation seeking to create separate lock ups for transgender persons in all police stations of the state of Bihar. The plea prayed for direction commanding the Respondent Authorities to create separate wards and cells for the Transgender Persons arrested under various offences and languishing in all the Central …

Amended Police Conduct Rules A 'Milestone', Glossary For Referring To LGBTQIA+ Persons To Be Followed By All Media/ Press: Madras HC
3 years, 1 month ago

Amended Police Conduct Rules A 'Milestone', Glossary For Referring To LGBTQIA+ Persons To Be Followed By All Media/ Press: Madras HC

Live Law  

Madras High Court has termed the recent amendment to TN Subordinate Police Officers' Conduct Rules,1964 by the inclusion of Rule 24-C, prohibiting police officers from harassing LGBTQIA+ persons, as a 'milestone' in the approach towards the persons belonging to the community.The High Court has also accepted the standardised guidelines/ prospective glossary submitted by the state government. Madras High Court has …

Can Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Act, 2019 Be A Saviour?
3 years, 2 months ago

Can Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Act, 2019 Be A Saviour?

Live Law  

Recently it appeared in the newspapers that a petition was moved by a highly qualified transwoman to the legal aid cell of Kerala High court seeking for euthanasia as she had no hope to survive with dignity. Till 2014, until The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014 a private member's Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by Tiruchi Siva, …

Have taken steps to protect rights of third gender, set up Transgender Welfare Board: Bihar to SC
3 years, 4 months ago

Have taken steps to protect rights of third gender, set up Transgender Welfare Board: Bihar to SC

India Today  

The Bihar government has told the Supreme Court that it has taken all "possible steps" to protect the rights of the transgender community, including establishing a State Transgender Welfare Board to monitor their social development. A bench headed by the then Chief Justice S A Bobde on April 12 this year had sought responses from the Centre and states on …

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challenging Requirement Of Sex Change Certificate For Re-Issuance Of Passport To Transgender Persons
3 years, 8 months ago

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challenging Requirement Of Sex Change Certificate For Re-Issuance Of Passport To Transgender Persons

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond on a petition seeking issuance of a new passport to a Transgender woman with the required changes in name and gender without insisting on the production of sex-change certificate.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh allowed the request made by Centre's counsel, Soumya Singh, …

Prohibit Attempts To Medically 'Cure' Or Change Sexual Orientation Of LGBTQIA+ People : Madras High Court
3 years, 9 months ago

Prohibit Attempts To Medically 'Cure' Or Change Sexual Orientation Of LGBTQIA+ People : Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has directed the Union and the State Government to take steps to prohibit attempts by physical and health professionals to medically "cure" or change the sexual orientation of people belonging to LGBTQIA+ community.The Court has also directed that action should be initiated against the concerned professional involving themselves in any form or method of conversion. The …

'Change must take place...': Madras HC interim order on LGBTQIA community
3 years, 9 months ago

'Change must take place...': Madras HC interim order on LGBTQIA community

Hindustan Times  

Madras high court Justice Anand Venkatesh on Monday issued a slew of guidelines for the LGBTQIA community’s safety, prevention of harassment by authorities and destigmatisation in a society, in an interim order passed in the case of a lesbian couple who had sought protection. The directions include asking the police to close complaints without harassing trans persons if they receive …

Transgender Person Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Insistence On Sex Change Certificate For Re-Issuance Of Passport
3 years, 10 months ago

Transgender Person Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Insistence On Sex Change Certificate For Re-Issuance Of Passport

Live Law  

A Plea has been moved before the Delhi High Court challenging Passport Rules, 1980 to the extent that it makes it mandatory for a Transgender to obtain a sex change certificate so that one could be re-issued a passport recognizing one as a "Female". Brief facts of the matter in hand The petitioner, Lasya Kahli Singh self-declared her gender and …

Justice Beyond Prejudice: Need Of Awakening Before It Gets Too Late
3 years, 10 months ago

Justice Beyond Prejudice: Need Of Awakening Before It Gets Too Late

Live Law  

"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Accordingly, appreciating a need of documenting, "discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity", the United Nations General Assembly requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to conduct a study in the said direction …

Creating Separate Unit For Transgender Police Personnel Give Them 'Respectful Representation': Bihar Govt. Submits To Patna HC
4 years, 1 month ago

Creating Separate Unit For Transgender Police Personnel Give Them 'Respectful Representation': Bihar Govt. Submits To Patna HC

Live Law  

Stressing that Government is sincere to give 'respectful representation' to people belonging to Transgender Community, the Bihar Government recently submitted before the Patna High Court that it is going to create a separate unit of Transgender Police Personnel named as Special Unit at the District Level under the District S.P. The decision to create a separate unit of Transgender Police …

Take Immediate Steps To Set Up Grievance Redressal Forum In Compliance Of S. 11 Of The Transgender Act Of 2019: Calcutta High Court To Govt.
4 years, 1 month ago

Take Immediate Steps To Set Up Grievance Redressal Forum In Compliance Of S. 11 Of The Transgender Act Of 2019: Calcutta High Court To Govt.

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court last week directed the Chief Secretary of the West Bengal State to take immediate steps to set up a Grievance Redressal Forum and Mechanism in the State in terms of Section 11 of Transgender Act of 2019. The Chief Secretary of the State shall also take immediate steps to set up a Grievance Redressal Forum and …

Transgenders To Be Included as Separate Gender Category in NCRB Reports: Centre Informs Delhi High Court
4 years, 3 months ago

Transgenders To Be Included as Separate Gender Category in NCRB Reports: Centre Informs Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Centre today informed the Delhi High Court that transgenders shall now be included as a separate gender category in Prison Statistics Report prepared by the National Crime Records Bureau.The Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma submitted this before the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan hearing the petition.The Court was hearing a petition. The Centre …

Transgender will now be included as separate gender category in prison statistics
4 years, 3 months ago

Transgender will now be included as separate gender category in prison statistics

India TV News  

The National Crime Records Bureau informed the Delhi High Court on Monday that it has agreed to include transgender as a separate category in the gender classification of prisoners in their annual publication of prison statistics 2020. This comes after a public suit was filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the NCRB to recognize and classify …

Gauhati HC Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Direction For Immediate Steps On Appointments To National Council For Transgenders As Per S.16 of Transgenders Act [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

Gauhati HC Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Direction For Immediate Steps On Appointments To National Council For Transgenders As Per S.16 of Transgenders Act [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court has issued notice in a public interest litigation seeking issuance of directions to the Centre for taking "immediate and effective steps" for the appointment of the National Council for Transgenders in accordance with Section 16 of the Transgender Persons Act, 2019. It states that the Supreme Court in its judgment in National Legal services Authority v. …

Supreme Court Lauds Plea on Protection of Transgenders, Seeks Centre's Reply
4 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Lauds Plea on Protection of Transgenders, Seeks Centre's Reply

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday lauded as ‘good petition’ a PIL that sought equal protection for transgenders against sexual crimes under the IPC in the absence of specific penal provisions and sought a response from the Centre. The plea had referred to the provisions of the Indian Penal Code of 1860 and recent amendments to the statue on sexual offences …

"This Is A Good Petition," Says CJI Bobde While Issuing Notice On Plea Seeking Equal Protection For Transgenders Against Sexual Crimes
4 years, 5 months ago

"This Is A Good Petition," Says CJI Bobde While Issuing Notice On Plea Seeking Equal Protection For Transgenders Against Sexual Crimes

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in a plea seeking equal protection of laws to the transgender community from sexual crimes in context of the Indian Penal Code.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramniun asked Senior Advocate Vikas Singh appearing for the petitioner as to how many times the Court had legislated upon …

PIL Filed in SC Seeking Equal Protection of Law to Transgenders in Sexual Offence Cases
4 years, 6 months ago

PIL Filed in SC Seeking Equal Protection of Law to Transgenders in Sexual Offence Cases

News 18  

New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court for equal protection of law to people belonging to the third gender, alleging that there was no penal provision which protects them from offences of sexual assault. “In spite of declaring transgender people to be a ‘third gender’ by this court, there is no provision / section in the …

Plea In SC Seeks Equal Protection For Transgenders Against Sexual Crimes
4 years, 6 months ago

Plea In SC Seeks Equal Protection For Transgenders Against Sexual Crimes

Live Law  

A plea has been preferred in the Supreme Court seeking equal protection of laws to the transgender community from sexual crimes in context of the Indian Penal Code. "In-spite of declaring transgender people to be a "Third Gender" by this Hon'ble Court, there is no provision / section in the Indian penal code which may protect the third gender from …

SC to Hear After 3 Weeks Plea of Transgender Woman Against Denial of Job in Air India
4 years, 6 months ago

SC to Hear After 3 Weeks Plea of Transgender Woman Against Denial of Job in Air India

News 18  

The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would hear after three weeks a transgender woman’s plea challenging Air India’s decision to deny her a job as a cabin crew member. On July 23, the top court had allowed the transgender woman, who had undergone sex change in 2014, to amend her plea challenging Air India’s decision to deny her the job …

How Indian Police and Courts Ignored NALSA Instead of Ensuring Equal Rights for Transgender People
4 years, 7 months ago

How Indian Police and Courts Ignored NALSA Instead of Ensuring Equal Rights for Transgender People

News 18  

Editor?s note: This is part two of a three-part series analysing the effects of the NALSA judgment on the inclusion of the transgender community. It attempts to trace cases of note, decided by various High Courts in India, pursuant to the passing of exhaustive guidelines by the Apex Court in the NALSA judgment. Eventually, lawyers and activists had to move …

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
4 years, 7 months ago

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019

Live Law  

All but the transgender community in India has been deprived of basic rights in the fields of education, employment, and healthcare and have been subject to discriminatory practices since time immemorial. It was only recently that the need to protect their rights has been realised and a Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha "The Transgender Persons Act, 2019" seeking …

Include 'transgender' as separate category in job application forms: Centre directs ministries and departments
4 years, 11 months ago

Include 'transgender' as separate category in job application forms: Centre directs ministries and departments

Firstpost  

All the departments in the central government have been asked to include “transgender” as a separate category of gender for recruitment in civil services and other central government posts. “The matter regarding inclusion of ‘Third Gender/any Other Category’ in the application forms in recruitment to various posts under the central government was under consideration of the government for quite some …

'Reinforces Prejudice Against Transgenders' : SC Issues Notice On Petition Challenging Transgender Persons Act [Read Order & Petition]
5 years, 2 months ago

'Reinforces Prejudice Against Transgenders' : SC Issues Notice On Petition Challenging Transgender Persons Act [Read Order & Petition]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central Government on a petition which challenges the constitutional validity of Transgender Persons Act 2019.As per the petition filed by transgender activist Swati Bidhan Baruah, the Act passed with the stated objective of protecting the rights of transgender community in effect negates their rights.Under the Act,. The Supreme Court on Monday …

Transgenders and employment in India: Opening doors of opportunities for Transgenders
5 years, 2 months ago

Transgenders and employment in India: Opening doors of opportunities for Transgenders

India Today  

Trans people have existed in every race, class and society since the story of human life has been recorded. Transgender Bill 2016 As per the transgender persons Bill 2016, it prohibits discrimination against a transgender person, including unfair treatment or denial of service in relation to employment, education, healthcare, access to public goods and facilities, etc. Key provisions of the …

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act Comes Into Force From 10 January 2020 [Read Notification]
5 years, 2 months ago

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act Comes Into Force From 10 January 2020 [Read Notification]

Live Law  

The Transgender Persons Act, 2019, has also come into force on 10th January 2020.The Transgender Persons Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 5, 2019, during its monsoon session, and was later cleared by the Rajya Sabha in Winter session. The Transgender Persons Act, 2019, has also come into force on 10th January 2020. The Transgender Persons Bill …

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