Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 275 · Decided 15 April 2014
National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 275 · [2014] 5 S.C.R. 119
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 400/2012
- Decided
- 15 April 2014
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 377; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
CONSTITUTION OF IND/A, 1950: A B Article 14 - Transgenders • Claim for equal treatment - C Held: Article 14 states that the State shall not deny to "any person" equality before law or equal protection of laws within the territory of India - Article 14 does not restrict the word male or female - Hijras/ transgender persons who are neither male nor female fall o within the expressions 'person' and hence entitle to legal protection of laws in all spheres of state activity including employment, healthcare, education as well as equal civil and citizenship rights as enjoyed
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