New Delhi, March 24 The Lok Sabha passed a bill on Tuesday to amend a law protecting and safeguarding the rights of transgender persons, even as opposition members raised concerns that the proposed legislation excludes social orientations from the scope of the law.Responding to the debate on...
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New Delhi, March 24 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that the government's Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, is a "brazen attack" on the constitutional rights and identity of transgender people, and asserted that his party strongly opposes the proposed...
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New Delhi, March 13 A bill seeking to provide a precise definition of the term "transgender" and exclude "different sexual orientations and self-perceived sexual identities" from the ambit of the proposed law was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday.The bill also provides for graded...
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New Delhi, March 13 A bill aimed at providing a precise definition of the term "transgender" and prescribe graded punishments commensurate with the harm inflicted on such individuals was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday.The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill was...
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