The state should come to the aid of the transgenders who require immediate relief: Madras HC

A petition has been filed in the Hon’ble Madras High Court by a transgender rights activist, Grace Banu Ganeshan, seeking the order that directs the State Government to extend the cash benefits to transgenders that the State has already extended to ration card carry holders.  The petitioner argued before the division judge bench compromising of […]

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