Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand take opposing stances on transgender law in court
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The Supreme Court is hearing challenges to the 2026 transgender rights law, with Andhra Pradesh declining to defend the amendments and Uttarakhand supporting them.
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- The Andhra Pradesh government informed the Supreme Court that it will not defend the Union government's 2026 amendments to the Transgender Persons Act.
- Uttarakhand submitted a separate affidavit defending the law as beneficial and asserting it does not erode rights.
- Petitions against the legislation challenge the removal of the right to self-perceived gender identity.
- The legal outcome may determine the constitutional validity of the amendments which limited the definition of a transgender person.
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Byreddy Shabari
Telugu Desam Party MP
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“people were falsely adopting a transgender identity for begging at traffic signals.”
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…the Bill was being discussed in the Lok Sabha on March 24, Telugu Desam Party MP Byreddy Shabari was among the MPs of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) who had supported it, by raising purported complaints that people were falsely adopting a transgender identity for begging at traffic signals. In its affidavit, the Andhra Pradesh government also provided data on the number of transgender persons certified across the State, showing that of the total 3,750 applications for transgender identity cards, 3,233 had…
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