News Update Karnataka Government: Reservation to Transgenders in State services 21 Jun 2021 The Karnataka Government has decided to provide 1 percent of vacancies to be filled in any services or post by the State government from among the transgender candidates in each…
News Update COVID Cash Relief To Transgender Persons Not Holding Ration Cards: State To Madras HC 30 May 2021 The State on Thursday told the Madras High Court that the lack of ration cards may not stand in the way of transgender persons seeking to avail the State's Rs…
News Update INSISTENCE ON SEX CHANGE CERTIFICATE BY TRANSGENDER PERSON 30 May 2021 The petitioner, Lasya Kahli Singh self-declared her gender (from male to a female) on her application, she was issued New Aadhar Card and PAN Card with the required name and…
News Update Kerala High Court allows admission of transgender person in NCC on the basis of self-perceived gender identity 15 Mar 2021 The Kerala High Court recently ruled that a Transgender person is entitled to be admitted to National Cadet Corps (NCC) in accordance with her self-perceived gender identity. The judgment was…
News Update Directions to Implead Transgender association given by Supreme Court with regard to equal employment opportunity. 13 Mar 2021 On 12th March, the Supreme Court gave directions to implead the transgender associations within 2 weeks. The bench consisted of CJI SA Bobde and Justice Bopanna. The petition was seeking…
News Update NCRB Reports to Include Separate Gender Category for Transgenders 7 Dec 2020 The Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma has submitted on behalf of the centre before the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek…
News Update Karnataka government gives nod to proposal to include Transgender in OBC category for the purpose of recruitment. 3 Oct 2020 A notification was issued by the Director of the Karnataka State Police about the vacancies for 'men' and 'women' for filling up 2,467 posts. This notification included the specification about…
News Update Equal Protection of Transgenders against Sexual Offences: Plea in SC 26 Sep 2020 The plea states that there are no provisions in the IPC to safeguard the Transgender community from sexual offences and discrimination. The Plea is quoted as follows "In-Spite of declaring…
News Update Centre formedNational Council for Transgender Persons 25 Aug 2020 Under Section 16 of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 the Central Government has formed a National Council for Transgender Person It will headed by the Union social justice…
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