Uttarakhand HC asks education board to tweak rules, empower transgenders | India News – Times of India

DEHRADUN: In a landmark judgment, the Uttarakhand high court overturned a state education board decision that refused to alter name and gender in a transgender individual’s educational certificates. The verdict was delivered on Wednesday by a single bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari in Dehradun.Petitioner Shreyansh Singh Bisht, previously Seema Bisht, underwent sexual reassignment surgery…

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Nalsa verdict: ‘10 years later, why are trans people still at red lights?’ | India News – Times of India

W hen Shreegauri Sawant petitioned the Supreme Court to recognise the rights of transgender people a decade ago, she did not have much hope. To her surprise, the Nalsa (National Legal Services Authority) judgment became the bedrock of her community’s civil liberties in India — recognising the sex-gender distinction, creating a legal third gender category…

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