The Supreme Court on Friday constituted a committee and issued certain guidelines to ensure the protection of the rights of transgender persons in India.
"We received information about a situation of ruckus at a house in Nandlalpura where transgender persons reside. Our senior officers promptly arrived at the scene. They learned that some of the individuals had consumed an unknown substance, causing several of them to fall ill. Ambulances
A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela made the observation while hearing a petition filed by Praveen Singh, which the Court has treated as a Public Interest Litigation concerning the welfare of transgender persons.
The transgender community, supported by civil society activists, staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club to denounce the brutal killings of three transgender persons and to demand immediate justice. The demonstration was organised under the banner "Justice for the Khwaja Sira Communi
Three transgender individuals were fatally shot to death near the Memon Goth police station in Pakistan's Karachi, The Express Tribune reported citing officials.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned a decision by community elders in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to form a committee tasked with expelling transgender persons from the district.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan condemned a committee in Swabi for planning to expel transgender persons, calling it unconstitutional and discriminatory, *Dawn* reported. The HRCP urged authorities to protect the community, while transgender representatives rejected the move, stressi
The arrested individuals, who had disguised themselves as transgender persons, were found to be engaging in begging and other activities at traffic signals to avoid suspicion.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra sought a response from the Centre, National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC), National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and asked them to file their response.
The latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) annual report says that only one case has been registered under Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act in the country.
The decision was made by a group of 26 clerics on Friday, who also ruled that clergy would not perform the nikah ritual at any marriages that included music and dance.