The Supreme Court on January 2 issued notice on a petition filed by a transwoman whose appointment as a teacher was terminated by two private schools in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, respectively, based on her gender identity in a span of a year.
The matter came up before a Bench of Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, which heard the petitioner and issued notices to the Centre and respective State governments along with the two private schools in question.
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