Plea In Delhi High Court Over Separate Washrooms For Transgenders

The counsel for the authorities sought time to seek instructions and file their replies after which the court listed the matter for further hearing on September 13.

A PIL in the Delhi High Court on Monday sought direction to authorities to construct separate washrooms for the third gender on the ground that the absence of separate public toilets for transgenders make them prone to sexual assault and harassment. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notices and sought responses of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Delhi government, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, Municipal Corporations of East, South, and North Delhi on the petition which submitted that absence of gender-neutral toilets goes against the directions of the Supreme Court. The counsel for the authorities sought time to seek instructions and file their replies after which the court listed the matter for further hearing on September 13. The petition filed by final year law student Jasmine Kaur Chhabra said the central government has released funds but no separate toilets have been made for the transgender or third gender community in Delhi.