In National legal service authority v union of India bench consist of justice Radhakrishnan and Sikri recognized transgender community as a third gender entitled to the same rights and constitutional protection as all other citizens have and the court extended the global principles of dignity, freedom and autonomy to this unfairly marginalized and vulnerable community.The bench observed that “The transgender people, as a whole, face multiple forms of oppression
in this country. Discrimination is so large and pronounced, especially
in healthcare, employment and education, leave aside social exclusion.
Now, it is time for us to recognize the rights of transgenders as a
separate category and to extend and interpret the Constitution in such a
manner as to ensure a dignified life for them,”
