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Wednesday, May 20, 2026
TopicTransgender Bill

Topic: Transgender Bill

Of State’s power, gender identity & limits of social justice: The amended trans rights law

The intricacies and constitutional validity of the Act have been questioned and challenged before the Supreme Court.

Rajasthan HC omitted its own criticism of Transgender Bill same day it became law—‘included by mistake’

The Rajasthan High Court removed its remarks on the Transgender Amendment in a 2 April order, noting the law had not received assent when the 30 March ruling was finalised.

UN body criticises India’s new transgender law, says it ‘risks setting back hard-won rights’

The amendments, it warns, will have 'far-reaching impacts on the right to privacy' and risk the 'marginalisation of transgender people.'

Trans Amendment Bill brings a cloud of confusion to Garima Grehs. ‘Our trust is shaken’

‘Kinnar and hijra communities usually don’t approach Garima Grehs. If this legislation is applied, we won’t be able to help most people who come to us,’ said activist Rudrani Chettri.

Rajasthan HC flags Transgender Bill as ‘departure’ from Constitution. What it said on gender rights

Rule of law requires that legislative and executive frameworks must align with constitutional values and not merely procedural legality, a division bench asserts.

Photos of the week: Trans Bill protests, Delhi Budget speech boycott & NCR’s palm tree obsession

In Photos of the Week, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photo journalists, video journalists and reporters.

Trans Amendment Bill echoes Criminal Tribes Act. It wants them to stay in violent families

The one thing that keeps the relentless beauty of trans people alive is their community. But for lawmakers, kinship is ‘deception’, ‘allurement’, and ‘undue influence’.

‘Give us poison’: Trans community erupts after Parliament passes bill redefining who’s trans who isn’t

Protests erupt in various parts of the country as Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 is passed without community consultation. SC panel seeks withdrawal. 

LS passes transgender amendment bill amid Oppn walkout. Medical board & narrowed definition under fire

The bill removes the right to self-identify one's gender—affirmed by the SC in its 2014 NALSA judgment & encoded in the 2019 Act—and replaces it with a medical board and the DM.

Transgender amendment bill drops self-perceived identity, adds penalties for coerced identity change

Introduced in LS Friday, Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill provides for graded punishments for abducting & forcibly altering the identities of adults & children.

On Camera

Norway’s Modi cartoon was not satire. Just colonial laziness

Political satire is indispensable to democracy, racial caricature isn’t. If Europe’s liberal press still cannot tell difference, then decolonisation never happened in their imagination.

Recovery of unclaimed shares, dividends now takes days, not yrs. EAC-PM credits investor watchdog revamp

PM-EAC paper says overhaul of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority system sharply improved processing speed and reduced paperwork for investors.

Dragon’s armour: How Xi reshaped China’s military with theatre commands a decade before India’s push

While India yet to set in motion theaterisation of armed forces, China's military reforms combined China’s Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force aimed at regional dominance & tight political control.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.