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Supreme Court stays HC pleas on trans to avoid 'scattered opinion'Issuing the notice, a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justice V Mohana also ordered that the proceedings in the high courts ...- Centre moves SC for transfer of pleas against transgender law from high courtsThe government has approached the Supreme Court to centralize all legal challenges against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) (...
- New Aadhaar card rules 2026: UIDAI expands document list for enrolment; simplifies rules for children; sets Aadhaar validity period for OCI, LTV, foreignersThe Unique Identification Authority of India has updated Aadhaar enrolment and correction rules. New regulations expand accepted documents ...
- Transgender law must retain self-identification: Trans activist Maya ThakurA new law amends transgender rights, replacing self-identification with medical board approval. Maya Thakur, a transgender icon, argues thi...
- Droupadi Murmu assents to Transgender Rights Amendment; opposition flags exclusion, self-id concernsPresident Droupadi Murmu has approved the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026. The legislation faces opposition...
- Rajasthan HC calls transgender policy ‘eyewash’, orders 3% extra weightageRajasthan High Court has slammed the state's transgender reservation policy as a mere facade. The court has ordered a 3% weightage in marks...
- Parliament passes bill to amend law on protection and rights of transgender personsParliament has passed a bill amending the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, excluding social orientations from its scope and ...
- Lok Sabha passes bill to amend law on protection and rights of transgenders amid protestsThe Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, facing strong opposition from trans rights activists. C...
- Transgressive bill ignores individualityA new bill proposes changes to transgender rights in India. It moves away from self-identification for legal gender recognition. The bill r...
- In state capitals, Republicans propose new limits on transgender identityRepublican lawmakers across the U.S. have introduced numerous bills this year to restrict recognition of transgender individuals according ...
- SC to consider pleas seeking review of verdict declining legal recognition to same-sex marriageThe Supreme Court is scheduled to consider on July 10 a batch of pleas seeking review of its last year's judgement which refused to accord ...
- Calcutta HC directs WB govt to ensure 1 pc reservation for transgender persons in public employmentThe Calcutta High Court has instructed the West Bengal government to implement a one percent reservation for transgender persons in all pub...
- Same-sex marriage: Review petition filed in SC against constitution bench orderA review petition was moved in Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the top court's constitution bench judgement which denied a plea seek...
- Kansas refuses to amend transgender birth certificates under new law which requires reversal of altered recordsKansas will discontinue the practice of amending birth certificates to align with the gender identities of transgender individuals, as per ...
- SC notice on plea against Transgender ActThe petition, filed by Assam’s first transgender judge Swati Bidhan Baruah, through advocate-on-record Rashmi Nandkumar, alleged that the T...
- Reserve Bank of India asks banks to add 'third gender' column in all formsThe SC had upheld transgender persons' right to decide their self- identified gender and directed the centre & state govts to grant legal r...
- Add 'third gender' column in all forms: RBI to banksIn a move aimed at helping transgender persons open bank accounts and avail related services, the Reserve Bank today directed banks to incl...
- Election Commission rejects demand for 'transgender' on voter IDThe Election Commission had introduced an 'others' column along with 'male' and 'female' in electoral rolls for the recent Lok Sabha polls.
- United Nations hails India's Supreme Court ruling on transgendersThe Supreme Court recognised transgenders or eunuchs as the third category of gender and directed the centre and state governments to grant...
- It’s official, Transgenders finally get formal identity from Supreme CourtIn a landmark judgement, the SC today recognised transgenders or eunuchs as 3rd category of gender and directed Centre to grant them all fa...
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