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In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court allowed a transwoman to apply under the “transgender” category for recruitment as a teacher in Delhi government schools. The top court also accepted her broader plea seeking separate vacancies and a comprehensive recruitment policy for persons from the trans community in the Delhi government jobs.

HT reported that the top court sent notice to the Delhi government, the Directorate of Education (DoE), the Department of Social Welfare, the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB), and the Union Government.

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A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan, while hearing the petition filed by 31-year-old Jane Kaushik, passed an interim order, permitting her to make an application as a transgender person on the DSSSB’s online application registration system (OARS) portal. Kaushik's advocate told the Supreme Court that the online platform continued to restrict applicants to binary gender categories of “male” and “female”.

Why is the judgment significant?

The ruling is seen as a big move to make the government system tender-friendly. The judgment may also become exemplary for other departments to achieve inclusiveness in the true sense, in letter and spirit.

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Parliament passes bill to amend law on protection and rights of transgenders

Earlier on March 25, Parliament passed a bill to amend a law on the protection and rights of transgender persons that proposes excluding social orientations from the ambit of the statute, with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod. 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. The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

Replying to the debate on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, in the Upper House, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar said the proposed legislation is an effort to take along all segments of society together. He said that the bill aims to provide protection to only those who face discrimination due to biological issues. The minister asserted that the amendment will ensure that transgender persons continue to get legal recognition and protection.


(With PTI inputs)

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