New Delhi, July 24 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Delhi government on how transgender persons could meaningfully access public employment when recruitment advertisements continue to classify teaching vacancies only under the binary categories of "male" and "female", observing that merely enabling transgender candidates to register on the online application portal may not address the underlying problem.

A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran directed the Delhi government to file an affidavit clarifying how transgender candidates would be considered for appointment when vacancy notifications themselves remain gender-specific.

"We are trying our best to see that transgenders do get employment at all possible...