'WELFARE MEASURES UNDER TRANSGENDER PERSONS ACT STILL NOT IMPLEMENTED': DELHI HC

The Delhi High Court has pulled up both the Centre and state governments for their continued inaction in implementing reservations in education and public employment for transgender persons, despite the Supreme Court's 2014 NALSA judgment, which recognised them as a socially and educationally backward class.

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COURT FLAGS DECADE-LONG DELAY

A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela made the sharp observation while hearing a petition filed by Praveen Singh, which has been treated as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to safeguard transgender rights.

“The judgment of Hon'ble Supreme Court in NALSA was rendered in the year 2014, and till date, it appears that adequate steps which ought to have been taken for ensuring the welfare of transgender persons, including making a provision for providing reservation in public employment, have not been taken,” the bench noted.