Mapping the Progression of LGBTQ+ Rights in India- Important Laws and Judicial Pronouncements
Tracing the development of LGBTQ+ rights in India with the help of statutory provisions and notable judgments by Supreme Court and High Courts.
Transgender Person
Madras HC directs Veterinary University to consider application of transgender person for admission under Special Category
Madras High Court directed the University to not reject the application of the petitioner on the ground of being a transgender person.
Transgender TET Qualifier denied interview; Calcutta High Court directs 1% reservation for Transgender Persons in Public Employment
The petition was filed by a transgender individual who had successfully cleared the Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) in both 2014 and 2022 but was not called for counseling or interview challenging discriminatory exclusion from the selection process despite meeting the eligibility criteria prompted the petitioner to seek justice through legal recourse.
[Transgender in NCC] “We cannot take recourse to the outdated provisions of 1948 to deal with the realities of life in the year 2021”; Kerala HC directs NCC to consider enrolment of a trans woman in the female wing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