Supreme Court Refuses To Consider Transgender A Separate Caste
NDTV
The top court said that the transgenders can be given certain benefits as the third gender, but not as a separate caste.
The Supreme Court today said that the transgender community can't be considered a separate caste.The Supreme Court made the observation while hearing a request against the Bihar government's decision to include the transgender community in the caste list as a separate category, and not as a separate caste.
Dismissing the petition, the bench headed by justice Sanjiv Khanna said that the Bihar government has provided a separate column for transgenders in the list so their data would be available to the State. "Transgender is never a caste. This has been taken care of. There are now 3 columns - male, female, and transgender. So data will be available," the bench said.
The top court said that the transgenders can be given certain benefits as the third gender, but not as a separate caste.
