Third Gender Archives

Delhi High Court gives one month time to Government to decide on the plea of Recognition of Transgender Community as third gender for free travel in DTC buses

In a petition filed for recognition of transgender community as a third gender for providing free travel to them in buses, the Delhi High Court gave one month period to the Government to decide the said matter.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court| Transgender persons seeking admissions to be placed in special category; Minimal number of Transgender persons in State not a valid excuse

Madras High Court directed the State to treat a transgender person seeking admission in Nursing College as a special candidate in light of Supreme Court’s 2014 NALSA verdict

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Legal Safeguards for Transgenders from Sexual Offences: The Need of the Hour

by Charvi Devprakash†

Case Briefs High Courts

[Transgender in NCC] “We cannot take recourse to the outdated provisions of 1948 to deal with the realities of life in the year 2021”; Kerala HC directs NCC to consider enrolment of a trans woman in the female wing

Kerala High Court: In a historic judgment Anu Sivaraman, J., had broken the norm by allowing trans women to appear for enrolment

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Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019: Enduring Struggle for Gender Rights Recognition

by Abhishek Goyal*