The Karnataka High Court Wednesday restrained the government from using strip searches for identification in the ongoing transgender survey.

A Division Bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha passed the order in response to a petition filed by the Anita Humanitarian Foundation.

The bench noted the submission of the petitioners that transgender people were being subjected to strip search methods in hospitals conducted by other transgender people, with the petitioners also contending that the survey was not necessary, as they already have identity cards.

By way of an interim order, the bench directed that the government and those conducting the survey ensure that survey participants are informed of the survey’s voluntary nature. “In the meanwhile, we also restrain the

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