KEY FACTS: A public interest petition was filed regarding food security of transgender persons under The National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA). Section 13 of the NFSA deals with who is considered the “head of the household”. The section is gender-specific. It mandates that the head of the household must be the eldest female, or in […]
S. THARIKA BANU VS. HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT
KEY FACTS: Tharika Banu applied for an undergraduate degree at Siddha Medicine and Surgery (BSMS). She had applied under the Scheduled Caste (SC) and transgender category. However, Tharika’s admission core fell under the qualificatory score of 50% by a small margin. Consequently, Tharika did not qualify for BSMS’ merit list and her application was rejected. ISSUES […]
NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (NALSA) V. UNION OF INDIA
ISSUE Whether transgender persons have the right to legal recognition of self-perceived gender? Whether persons who fall outside the male/female binary can be recognised as a third gender? KEY FACTS The National Legal Services Authority of India (NALSA) filed a petition in the public interest, seeking the recognition of self-perceived gender identity and a “third […]