New Delhi: After years of facing rejection and prejudice for being a transgender, Jane Kaushik, a trained teacher, finally found justice in the Supreme Court, which held both private schools and state authorities accountable for failing to protect her rights.

The court on 17 October delivered a landmark judgment addressing systemic discrimination against transgender persons in employment. The two-judge bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan criticised both central and state governments for failing to implement the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, and the 2020 Rules, despite these laws being in force for several years.

It noted that the absence of functional grievance redressal mechanisms, welfare boards, and complaint officers had rendered legal protecti

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