New Delhi, April 11 -- The Supreme Court on Friday permitted a transwoman to apply under the "transgender" category for recruitment as a teacher in Delhi government schools, while agreeing to examine her broader plea seeking separate vacancies and a comprehensive recruitment policy for transgender persons in public employment under the Delhi government. A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan issued notice to the Delhi government, the directorate of education (DoE), the department of social welfare, the Delhi subordinate services selection board (DSSSB), and the Union government on the petition filed by Jane Kaushik, 31. Passing an interim order, the court allowed Kaushik to make an application as a transgender person on the DSSSB's online application registration system (OARS) portal after her counsel pointed out that the platform continued to restrict applicants to binary gender categories of "male" and "female". "We grant the same relief," ordered the bench, referring to an earlier order of a single judge of the Delhi High Court that had permitted Kaushik to apply under the transgender category. The court was informed that Kaushik had already registered on the OARS portal but was not able to apply since the portal only had "male" and "female" categories. Kaushik, holds degrees in political science, education, and early childhood care....