The Allahabad High Court has observed that Kinnars' (transgender persons) customary practice of collecting 'badhai' [gifts/money given on auspicious occasions] has no legitimate or legal backing. A bench of Justice Alok Mathur and Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai observed thus while dismissing a writ petition filed by Rekha Devi, who is a member of the Kinnar (transgender) community. She had...