Overview
- A Division Bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C. M. Poonacha issued an interim order restraining use of strip-and-search identification in the ongoing exercise.
- Officials must inform transgender persons that participation in the survey is voluntary before calling them to take part.
- All information gathered since the September 15 launch must remain strictly confidential, and the Social Welfare Department must explain safeguards in an affidavit within three days.
- Anita Humanitarian Foundation’s petition challenges the ‘Gender Minority’ survey under the Transgender Persons Act, 2019, and Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.
- The court issued notice to the State and set December 5 for filing objections, while the petition seeks compensation, a public apology, and accountability for alleged forced verification.