TNPSC Thervupettagam

Reservation in Local Body polls

August 26 , 2023 458 days 521 0
  • The Madras High Court directed the Tamil Nadu government to initiate steps to grant reservation for transgender persons in local body polls.
  • The direction aims to helping them slowly become part of mainstream society.
  • The Justice also directed the Cuddalore district collector to remove the president and members of Nainarkuppam village panchayat by invoking the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994.
  • The Government of India enacted the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, which bestowed rights and protection to the Transgender community in India.

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