Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 12: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking welfare of transgender community of the J&K, Division Bench of State High Court comprising Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Sanjeev Kumar has directed the State to file latest status report regarding the compliance of the directions made by the Supreme Court within a period of four weeks from today.
When the PIL came-up for hearing, Division Bench observed, “in terms of last orders passed by this court, the State Government was given time to place on record the finalization of policy regarding trans-genders. However, such effort was aborted on account of inability of petitioners to travel to Jammu for the meeting on account of delayed receipt of the information and also the barriers on account of weather”.
“In order to avoid any confusion, we direct that the meeting shall be held on 20th February and in case the petitioners or their representative are unable to travel to Jammu, the Secretary, Social Welfare Department shall facilitate the meeting through Skype / Video Conferencing or any other electronic mode”, the DB said, adding “we have been informed that the respondents have not implemented the pending directions of the Supreme Court passed in National Legal Services Authority Versus Union of India and others case”.
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