Avanti Sowani & Sanvi Gupta Abstract: The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, introduces significant changes to the legal framework governing transgender identity, welfare, and recognition in India. While the […]
Suryansh Kumar Verma Source: Credits: A protest against the transgender rights bill passed in Parliament, in Mumbai, India, March 25, 2026. © 2026 AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool Abstract: This article argues that India’s […]
Parushni Jathar & Devanshi V Kasnia Source: Credits: Thane Pride Protest on April 16th, 2026 Abstract: Omissive discrimination emerged in Jane Kaushik V. Union of India as a recourse to the fallacious […]
Tanvi Kishore Source: Arunesh Blog, “Regressive Bill Insults Trans People, Pushes India Decades Back”, available at https://aruneshblog.com/regressive-bill-insults-trans-people-pushes-india-decades-back/. Abstract: This piece reads the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026 through the […]
Simmi Parihar & Darshit Agarwal Source: Arunesh Blog, “Regressive Bill Insults Trans People, Pushes India Decades Back”, available at https://aruneshblog.com/regressive-bill-insults-trans-people-pushes-india-decades-back/. Abstract: The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, tends to […]
Akriti Lamba Abstract: Transgender communities have existed in India from times immemorial. However, the 2026 Amendment limits the definition of “transgender person”, limiting which communities can claim protection under the law. This […]
Sanidhya Kapoor Abstract: This piece argues that the Transgender Amendment Act, 2026 undermines its own aim owing to the drafting inconsistencies in Section 18. The narrow ‘against the will’ standard fails to […]
Dhruti Kedilaya Abstract: This article uses Saunders’ “containment” framework to examine India’s Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026. It shows how compulsory certification relegates identity to private, medicalized spaces while […]
Vinayak Kedia Abstract: This piece assesses two key changes brought to §7 of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 by the 2026 amendment: an obligation to register for a transgender […]
