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The National Legal Services Authority Essay

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INTRODUCTION:
On behalf of the transgender community, the national legal services authority filed a case for violation of their legal rights. Then the supreme court of India passed a judgment regarding transgender community for the legal declaration of their legal rights. They pray that non-recognition of their gender identity violates article 14 and article 21of the constitution of India.
CASE FACTS:
This case is mainly concerned with transgender community and their issues. The national legal services authority constituted under the legal services authority act, 1997, to provide free legal services to the weaker sections and marginalized sections of the society, has come forward to file a case regarding their cause. The national legal services authority and poojaya mata nasib kaur ji, women welfare society, a registered association had filed writ petitions seeking relief for kinnar community which is a transgender community. Laxmi narayan tripathy who is claimed to be a hijra has also got impleaded to put forward the issues of transgender community and also his own life experiences and also for recognition of their identity as third gender, over and above male and female. Laxmi narayan tripathy also said that non-recognition of their identity as third gender denies them from the right to equality before law and equal protection of law guaranteed under article 14, 15 and 16.
Shri raju ramachandran, counsel appearing for the petitioner, national legal services authority,

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