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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre on a batch of petitions challenging the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, citing that it takes away one's right to self-perceived gender identity. It sought the Centre's response by July 22, the next date of hearing. The 2026 law was introduced on the ground that the existing definition was "vague and broad", which allegedly made it difficult to identify the genuinely oppressed persons for wh ...Read More >
JODHPUR: The Rajasthan high court on Thursday ordered the deletion of three paragraphs that criticised the recent amendments to the trangender rights act from a March 30 verdict, adding that the text in the epilogue was included by mistake and was neither intended nor necessary. A division bench of justices Arun Monga and Yogendra Kumar Purohit - who had passed the order while deciding a writ application filed by a transgender person - noted that certain portions had "inadvertently" been includ ...Read More >
New Delhi: Amid the opposition to the Transgender (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act 2026, by several transgender activists and opposition parties, including Congress, experts on Thursday categorically stated that its constitutional validity can only be challenged in court. The activists termed the Act "regressive, exclusionary, and unconstitutional" as they alleged the central government did not consult them in this regard before the introduction of the Bill in Parliament. Notably, the Act ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: It was 11 years ago that Supreme Court recognised transgender people as the 'third gender' and upheld their fundamental right to equality and dignity.Observing that discrimination still continued, however, the court on Friday appointed a committee headed by a retired Delhi HC judge to frame a comprehensive equal opportunity policy for the community in the arenas of employment and education. It also directed setting up of a transgender protection cell and a dedicated nationwide toll-fr ...Read More >
"This judgment will go a long way in protecting the rights of transgender persons," said a bench of justices JB Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan as it laid down guidelines against discrimination of the third gender. The court was hearing a petition filed by Jane Kaushik, a transwoman, who approached the court citing discrimination based on gender after UP's Lakhimpur Kheri school fired her in December 2022, following which she applied at a school in Gujarat that refused to grant her employment in Jul ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that the Rights of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and Rights of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020, have been brutishly reduced to dead letters. The apex court emphasised that the Centre and states have exhibited a grossly apathetic attitude towards the transgender community, by defacing the lived realities of this community with their inaction. A bench comprising justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, in a 1 ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Union government, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), and several states on a petition demanding that age-appropriate, transgender-inclusive comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) be formally integrated into school curricula across the country. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran issued notices to the Centre, NCERT, and the states, including Maharashtra, ...Read More >
The High Court of Manipur has affirmed the right of transgender individuals to update their name and gender in educational certificates and other official documents. The ruling was delivered by Justice A. Guneshwar Sharma in the case of 'Dr. Beoncy Laishram versus The State of Manipur & Others'. Dr. Beoncy Laishram, a 32-year-old transgender woman and MBBS degree holder, approached the court seeking to update her name from 'Boboi Laishram' to 'Beoncy Laishram' and her gender from 'male' to 'fe ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: The depression over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts moved north-north-westwards and crossed South Odisha coast close to Gopalpur during early morning of Tuesday and lay cantered over south coastal Odisha. Weatherman said it was likely to move north-westwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next few hours. Under its influence, thunderstorms accompani ...Read More >
Imphal, Aug 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a landmark judgment, the Manipur High Court on Tuesday has directed the state's education boards and institutions to issue fresh certificates to Beoncy Laishram, the state's first transgender doctor, reflecting her updated name and gender. The 32-year-old doctor Laishram, earlier known as Boboi Laishram, underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2019 and was officially recognised as female by the District Magistrate, Imphal West district, under the Transgender ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has recently informed the Delhi High Court regarding the procedure for transgender individuals who have undergone gender affirmation surgery abroad to update the gender details in their Indian passport. In its submission to the Court, the MEA outlined the specific documents that such individuals would need to present upon returning to India to initiate the process of passport renewal with their updated gender. Also Rea ...Read More >
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