In cities such as Chennai, Mumbai, and Delhi, transgender people and rights activists have been holding peaceful protests for horizontal reservation. Nine years of the Landmark National Legal Services ...

The transgender community of the country demands a horizontal reservation. Several peaceful protests have been held for this demand. What exactly is a horizontal reservation, and why does the trans ...

In 2014, the Supreme Court upheld the right of all persons to self-identify their gender. Further, it declared that the transgender community can legally identify as “third gender”. “We direct the ...

Weeks after the Supreme Court's intervention in the matter, the Uttarakhand government has passed a bill to safeguard 30 percent horizontal reservations in state government services for women across ...

The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to provide horizontal reservations to all transgender persons in the state, the Bar and Bench reported on Monday. Horizontal reservations ...

How pervasive is caste? How does it affect people who are already marginalised by other identities such as gender and sexuality? These questions are at the heart of a churn in India’s transgender ...

Hyderabad: Justice P. Madhavi Devi of Telangana High Court on Friday directed the state government and TS Public Service Commission (TSPSC) to follow the principles of horizontal reservation for ...

Hyderabad: BRS MLC K Kavitha on Thursday alleged that the Congress govt’s decision to implement horizontal reservation for women in recruitment and educational institutions without roster points was ...

Nearly nine years after the historic National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) judgment of the Supreme Court, which recognised transgender persons as a third gender and issued directions to protect ...