Rajasthan HC Issues Notice On Plea Against Circular Classifying Transgender Persons As OBCs, Seeks Implementation Of Horizontal Reservation

The Rajasthan High Court has issued notice on a petition challenging a 2023 Circular issued by the State, classifying transgender persons as Other Backward Classes (“OBCs”), instead of providing horizontal reservation to them.The division bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Nupur Bhati asked the Respondent authorities, including State's Department of Social...