Hyderabad, Sept. 9 -- The Telangana High Court has directed the state government's police recruitment board to accept applications from transgender persons seeking to join the force as constables and sub-inspectors, ruling that they cannot be turned away simply because the online application portal only lists male and female as gender options.

According to local reports, a division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohinuddin passed the interim order on Tuesday, September 8, while hearing a writ petition filed by Devath Tanu Sri and three others against the Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board (TSLPRB). The petitioners argued that the binary gender format on the recruitment portal forced transgender appl...