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.