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"Scattered Opinion": Top Court Halts High Courts' Transgender Law Proceedings
The Centre sought the clubbing of petitions pending before various high courts challenging the constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026.
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Transgenders Have No Legal Right To Demand Traditional 'Badhai': High Court
The court also noted that the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, does not provide for any such right.
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Parliament Passes Transgender Persons Amendment Bill
The bill, which seeks to amend Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act 2019, also provides for graded punishment based on the gravity of harm inflicted on such people.
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'Who Gave Anyone Right To Decide My Gender?' Fierce Pushback To Trans Bill
Members of India's queer community have accused the government of trying to snatch rights through the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026
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Trans Identity Certificate Can Now Be Used To Get PAN Card: Centre
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a 'certificate of identity' issued by the district magistrate under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 will be treated as valid documentation for applying for a PAN card.
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Court Relief To Transgender Person In National Law School Admission Case
The Karnataka High Court has directed the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) to grant provisional admission to a transgender person for the three-year LLB course.
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Transgender Person Murdered By Friend, His Associate In Delhi: Cops
A 22-year-old transgender person was allegedly stabbed to death by a male friend and his associate in southeast Delhi's Sunlight Colony area, police said on Sunday.
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Delhi Man Hacks Transgender Person's Partner To Death, Arrested
During the interrogation, accused Anil revealed that in 2020, he came into contact with Sunita, and they started living together. Later, Sunita left him after taking Rs 40,000 and started living with Guddu in the Multani Dhanda area.
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No Provision To Allow Transgenders Into National Cadet Corps: Kerala High Court Told
The National Cadet Corps informed the Kerala High Court that that transgender person cannot be allowed into the NCC as there is no provision for the same.
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Include 'Transgender' As Separate Category In Job Applications, Centre Tells Its Departments
The move is based on the provisions of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, notified in December last year.
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Centre Approves Bill To Empower Transgender Community
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a bill which provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders by defining their identity and rights to prohibit discrimination against them.
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Cabinet Approves Bill For Empowerment Of Transgenders
The Union cabinet under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016.
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Prime Minister's Office Asks For Putting On Hold Bills On Transgenders, Drugs
Two key proposed social sector reforms which seek to protect the rights of transgenders and address the problem of drug abuse are unlikely to be introduced anytime soon, with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) putting them on hold for the time being.
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MP Tiruchi Siva Calls for End to Stigma on Transgenders
Batting for equal rights to the transgenders, Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi Siva, who introduced the private memer's bill in support of the community, today said the centuries old stigma attached with them must stop now.
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Rajya Sabha Passes Private Bill to Protect Rights of Transgenders
In a rare legislative action, a private member's Bill seeking to protect the rights of transgenders was passed unanimously by voice vote in Rajya Sabha today.
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"Scattered Opinion": Top Court Halts High Courts' Transgender Law Proceedings
The Centre sought the clubbing of petitions pending before various high courts challenging the constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026.
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Transgenders Have No Legal Right To Demand Traditional 'Badhai': High Court
The court also noted that the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, does not provide for any such right.
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Parliament Passes Transgender Persons Amendment Bill
The bill, which seeks to amend Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act 2019, also provides for graded punishment based on the gravity of harm inflicted on such people.
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'Who Gave Anyone Right To Decide My Gender?' Fierce Pushback To Trans Bill
Members of India's queer community have accused the government of trying to snatch rights through the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026
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Trans Identity Certificate Can Now Be Used To Get PAN Card: Centre
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a 'certificate of identity' issued by the district magistrate under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 will be treated as valid documentation for applying for a PAN card.
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Court Relief To Transgender Person In National Law School Admission Case
The Karnataka High Court has directed the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) to grant provisional admission to a transgender person for the three-year LLB course.
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Transgender Person Murdered By Friend, His Associate In Delhi: Cops
A 22-year-old transgender person was allegedly stabbed to death by a male friend and his associate in southeast Delhi's Sunlight Colony area, police said on Sunday.
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Delhi Man Hacks Transgender Person's Partner To Death, Arrested
During the interrogation, accused Anil revealed that in 2020, he came into contact with Sunita, and they started living together. Later, Sunita left him after taking Rs 40,000 and started living with Guddu in the Multani Dhanda area.
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No Provision To Allow Transgenders Into National Cadet Corps: Kerala High Court Told
The National Cadet Corps informed the Kerala High Court that that transgender person cannot be allowed into the NCC as there is no provision for the same.
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Include 'Transgender' As Separate Category In Job Applications, Centre Tells Its Departments
The move is based on the provisions of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, notified in December last year.
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Centre Approves Bill To Empower Transgender Community
The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a bill which provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders by defining their identity and rights to prohibit discrimination against them.
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Cabinet Approves Bill For Empowerment Of Transgenders
The Union cabinet under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016.
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Prime Minister's Office Asks For Putting On Hold Bills On Transgenders, Drugs
Two key proposed social sector reforms which seek to protect the rights of transgenders and address the problem of drug abuse are unlikely to be introduced anytime soon, with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) putting them on hold for the time being.
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MP Tiruchi Siva Calls for End to Stigma on Transgenders
Batting for equal rights to the transgenders, Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi Siva, who introduced the private memer's bill in support of the community, today said the centuries old stigma attached with them must stop now.
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Rajya Sabha Passes Private Bill to Protect Rights of Transgenders
In a rare legislative action, a private member's Bill seeking to protect the rights of transgenders was passed unanimously by voice vote in Rajya Sabha today.
