New Delhi, April 5 -- A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, contending that the recent amendments take away the fundamental right of transgender persons to self-determination of gender, according to reports on Saturday. The Parliament passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 on March 25, amending the 2019 Act. President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to it on March 30. Opposition MPs had slammed the bill for excluding gays and lesbians from its ambit. The petition, under Article 32 of the Constitution, has been filed by Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and Zainab Javid Patel, two transgender wome...