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Kerala High Court
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“Many LGBTIQA+ youth face familial rejection, often from an early age. This rejection can take a devastating toll on individuals and isolate them from physical, emotional and economic resources that are essential to their well-being. In such cases, it is important to recognise the family as a site of violence and control for many queer women, who they need protection from rather than any “guardianship”.

Kerala High Court
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The petitioner had been subjected to sex reassignment surgery and held a certificate which declared that she now belongs to the female gender.

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“The petitioner stated that is manifestly clear that the detainee’s life and well-being is in imminent danger and the respondents has failed to protect the detainee’s right under Article 21 of the Constitution, including her right to personal liberty.”

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“The intention is not to give benefits based on caste, but to identify communities with the caste as an indicator of the larger group of individuals; who will require measures for their social, economic and educational upliftment, to ensure an equal status and decent living conditions, within the society.”

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In the meantime, Kerala High Court restricted sex selective surgery to be permitted specifically on the opinion of a State Level Multidisciplinary Committee depicting the same to be essential for saving the child’s/infant’s life.

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In an anti-SLAPP ruling, Supreme Court of Canada dismissed defamation suit targeting counter counter-speech protecting rights of marginalised groups, i.e.; transgender and other 2SLGBTQ+ youth.

jammu and kashmir and ladakh high court
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The Court pointed out that despite issuance of several orders since 2018, the respondents have not submitted compliance details before the Court.

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Gender diverse persons continue to face barriers in accessing equal employment opportunities, especially in the formal sector, due to the operation of gender stereotypes.

Madras High Court
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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

Madras High Court
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“If the Government is really willing and serious about the upliftment of persons belong to LGBTQIA+community, some urgency must be shown to finalise the policy and the rules.”

Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal MAT
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    Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai: The coram of Mridula Bhatkar (Chairperson) and Medha Gadgil (Member) (A) while dealing with an application

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Andhra Pradesh High Court: In a significant case wherein, a transgender had approached the Court seeking benefit of reservation for appointment in

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The National Human Rights Commission, India has issued a notice to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, DMRC, after taking cognizance of a

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Karnataka Government on Wednesday decided in favour of 1% horizontal reservations to be given to the transgender community in government jobs, after

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Madras High Court: The bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu Government in

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Bombay High Court: A Vacation Bench of Ravindra V. Ghuge, J., allowed the petitioner, a transgender person, to contest the panchayat elections

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Karnataka High Court: John Michael Cunha J., while allowing the present writ petition moved by a transgender against the declaration of her

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In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 16 of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 (40 of 2019), the

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The following issue was raised in Rajya Sabha on 26-06-2019 in respect to the “Reservation of Eunuchs”. Will the Minister of Social