HIGH COURT OCTOBER 2024 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Stories on Pune Porche Accident Case; Bahraich Violence; Reservation policy for transgenders; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week
transgenders
‘Transgender is a gender identity; State should not have treated transgender as caste under MBC category’; Madras HC directs State to provide horizontal reservation to transgenders
“Once gender identity is given horizontal reservation, it follows that the transgender community, being a socially and educationally backward community discriminated based on gender identity, should also be entitled to similar reservation.”
Know Thy Newly Appointed Supreme Court Judge: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
On 05-07-2023, the Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the appointment of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Chief Justice, High Court for the State of Telangana to the Supreme Court of India. Upon acceptance of the recommendation by the Law Ministry, Justice Bhuyan took oath as Supreme Court Judge on 14-07-2023.
In absence of special category, transgenders should be allowed to participate in their self-perceived gender category; Kerala HC upholds transgenders’ right to equal participation in Sports
Kerala High Court: In a case where a transgender person was declined participation in District Judo Competition, V.G. Arun, J.,
Madras High Court remarks transgenders are already part of most backward classes; Dismisses plea seeking separate reservations for them in government jobs
Madras High Court: A Division Bench of Munishwar Nath Bhandari and N Mala JJ. dismissed the plea seeking direction to
2022 SCC Vol. 5 Part 2
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 41 Rr. 4 & 33, Ss. 96, 100 and Or. 20 R. 18 — Partition suit
Legal Safeguards for Transgenders from Sexual Offences: The Need of the Hour
by Charvi Devprakash†
Raj HC | Court directs State to abide by the guidelines framed by the Centre for vaccination of the Transgenders
Rajasthan High Court: The Division Bench of Sangeet Lodha and Vinit Kumar Mathur, JJ., disposed off a petition with directions which was
MP HC | M.P. State Legal Service Authority to provide assistance to transgenders in getting their Identity Cards/Transgender Cards; State directed to ensure other benefits
Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Mohammad Rafiq, CJ and Vijay Kumar Shukla, J., decided in the matter of a
“Implement schemes in order to bring transgenders at par with the members of the society”: Uttaranchal High Court
Uttaranchal High Court: A division bench comprising of Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. and Rajiv Sharma, ACJ., directed the state to implement schemes
Form prescribed by the State Government under National Food Security Act, 2013 duly entitles the transgenders to avail food security
Allahabad High Court: Delivering a praiseworthy decision in the direction of upliftment of transgenders, the Division Bench of D.Y Chandrachud, C.J. and