Goa, April 8 -- The Delhi High Court issued notices Wednesday on petitions challenging the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026. Justices D K Upadhyaya and Tejas Karia ordered Centre response by July 22.

Petitioners attack redefined "transgender" and ditching self-ID for certification via medical boards. They call it a "legislative rollback" of Supreme Court gains in NALSA (2014), which enshrined self-perceived gender under Articles 14, 19, 21.

Advocate Chandresh Jain and Lakshay Jain argue the shift to state verification, using genitalia, chromosomes, hormones, is "intrusive," breaching dignity, privacy, autonomy. "Identity can't face physical exams or state body scrutiny," petitions state.

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