Top Legal Developments [13 – 19 April 2026] | Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 Withdrawal; Legal Aid Reform; West Bengal SIR Case; and more
A quick roundup to cover all the important legal developments and cases this week.
Transgender Persons Rights
Supreme Court Allows a Transgender Person to Apply for Teaching Post ; Ignoring Gender in Recruitment Notification
The petitioner was permitted to apply under the category of transgender, ignoring the gender mentioned qua the said vacancy.
“Authority committed legal error”: Allahabad HC directs State to change transgender person’s name in educational documents in 8 weeks
The petitioner had filed a name change application for their educational documents, but the Regional Secretary, Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, rejected the petitioner’s application, holding that the relevant provisions did not provide any procedure for correction of name in educational documents at a belated stage.