Transgenders should be treated as a
third category and as a socially and economically backward class entitled to
job reservation, the Supreme Court said on 15-April-2013.
Activists termed the
verdict "revolutionary" but said social acceptance will take longer
because of the stigma associated with them.
Recognising transgenders as a third
gender, the apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice A.K.
Sikri directed the central and state governments to include them for
reservation in jobs and education.
The court also said both the union
and state governments would frame welfare schemes for them.
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