The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 (Act) received the presidential assent on 5 December 2019. The Act subsequently came into ef ...
Effect of Covid-19 lockdown on compliance requirements under POSH Law – Part 2
This Article analyses the meaning of force majeure, evaluates whether Covid-19 is a force majeure event, and its effect on the compliance requirem ...
Madras High Court refers same-sex couple and their parents to Counsellor
In its one of a kind order in W.P.No.7284 of 2021, on 29th March 2021 the Madras High Court has referred a lesbian couple and their parents to a coun ...
Time Has Come For Our Society To Understand The Sexual Abuse And Sexual-Harassment And Its Implications On Victims: Rouse Avenue District Courts, New Delhi
In the matter of Mobashar Jawed Akbar v. Priya Ramani, the Court of Shri Ravindra Kumar Pandey, Rouse Avenue District Courts, New  ...
Calcutta High Court says having joined public employment as a lady civic volunteer, one cannot be permitted to claim transgender status
In the case of P vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. , the Calcutta High Court on 11th February 2021 stated that having joined public employment ...
Allahabad High Court says cancellation of appointment of a person due to their sexual choices/preferences is vindictive & in violation of Navtej Singh Johar judgment
In the case of P vs. State of U P And 2 Others, Writ A. No. 8399 of 2020, the Allahabad High Court on 2nd February 2021, said that cancellation of ap ...
Madhya Pradesh Government’s Transgender Policy
One small step for a Government, one giant leap for transgender rights. Another feather to the cap of the Madhya Pradesh Government, in addition t ...
Allahabad High Court on same sex couples & right to live with each other
The Allahabad High Court in SM And Another vs. State of U.P. And 5 Others on 2.11.2020 (and another decision later in the case of P R & Another v ...
National Portal for Transgender Persons
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched the National Portal for Transgender Persons (Portal) on 25 November 2020. This can be accesse ...
The Centre requests the States/UTs to initiate welfare measures: Transgender Protection Cell, harassment-free public transportation and sensitization of Police and Prison Officials
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 (Act) imposes certain obligations on the State Governments to ensure the full inclusion and ...
Changes made in final Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020 were notified on 29th September, 2020. Here are the provisions and the changes compared to ...
‘Love’ – A Right of Every Human Being irrespective of Biological Sex, Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation
Law is a reflection of current social values or norms. Social norms undergo change with time and law keeps abreast with the same. Courts recognize t ...
23 Jul 2020 – Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019: Duties of family, educational institutions, and employers
The following was covered: Introduction to the term ‘transgender’ under law and what it entails Background to the term and importance of 27th ...
11 Jul 2020 – Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019: Duties of family, educational institutions, and employers
The following was covered: Introduction to the term ‘transgender’ under law and what it entails Background to the term and importance of 27th ...
Kerala HC: Don’t Deny Basic Human Rights To Transpersons
The petitioner, in this case, filed a case against the government of Kerala and claimed that the distribution of food, medicines, and medical facilit ...
Being Transgender: is it a mental disorder?
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) - WHO Version for 2016 (“ICD-10 Version: 2016” ...
Do we need to do more or is the Transgender Persons law enough?
On 24th April, 2019 the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench), in the case of Arun Kumar and Sreeja vs. The Inspector General of Registration & Ors. W ...
Transgender Persons: Lockdown shows the Mirror
Recently, in the case of A vs. Chief Secretary State of Jharkhand & Ors., and several other petitions taken up by the Court on its own motion, the ...
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere
The Law against sexual harassment in India has evolved since laying down of the Vishaka Guidelines in the year 1997 by the Supreme Court to the enactm ...
High Court of Delhi & applicability of S. 354A of IPC to transgender community
On 17th December, 2018, a matter with respect to the applicability of Section 354A of IPC to transgender Community reached the High Court of Delh ...
5 Nov 2020 – India-Chile Youth Forum, Global Youth on “India’s Trajectory in Mapping LGBTQIA Rights”
On September 6, 2018, India's Supreme Court ruled that consensual homosexual acts would no longer constitute a crime. The historic move reversed Sect ...