Law

Allahabad HC asks UP govt to decide on sex change issue by Oct 18

IANS | September 27, 2023 8:31 AM

Prayagraj, Sep 27 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has expressed dissatisfaction over the Uttar Pradesh government not framing guidelines as per the 2014 Supreme Court judgment that recognised transgender individuals as the ‘third gender’ and accorded them the right to self-identify as male, female, or third gender.

Fresh plea filed in Gyanvapi mosque case in Varanasi

IANS | September 26, 2023 6:47 AM

Varanasi, Sep 26 (IANS) The head priest of Acharya Ved Vyas Peeth temple, Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas, has filed a suit before the court of Civil Judge senior division, seeking worship of Shringar Gauri and other visible and invisible deities in the cellar of Gyanvapi mosque and appointment of District Magistrate or any other suitable persons as the receiver of the cellar in southern side of the building.