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National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [2014] 5 S.C.R. 119
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikri JJ.
Decided 15 April 2014

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CONSTITUTION OF IND/ , 1950: Article 14 - Transgenders • Claim for equal treatment - Held: Article 14 states that the State shall not deny to "any person" equality before law or equal protection of laws within the territory of India - Article 14 does not restrict the word 'person' and its application only to male or female - Hijras/ transgender persons who are neither male nor female fall o within the expressions 'person' and hence entitle to legal protection of laws in all spheres of state activity including employment, healthcare, education as well as equal civil and citizenship rights as

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