Have taken steps to protect rights of third gender, set up Transgender Welfare Board: Bihar to SC
India Today
A bench headed by the then Chief Justice S A Bobde (since retired) on April 12 this year had sought responses from the Centre and states on a plea of Kinner Maa Eksamajik Sanstha Trust seeking directions to establish a transgender welfare board to address their social welfare issues.
The Bihar government has told the Supreme Court that it has taken all "possible steps" to protect the rights of the transgender community, including establishing a State Transgender Welfare Board to monitor their social development.
A bench headed by the then Chief Justice S A Bobde (since retired) on April 12 this year had sought responses from the Centre and states on a plea of Kinner Maa Eksamajik Sanstha Trust seeking directions to establish a transgender welfare board to address their social welfare issues.
