Jane Kaushik vs Union Of India

insc-2025-1248 Supreme Court of India 17 October 2025 • WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 1405 OF 2023 • 176 min read
56 cases cited (0 SG, 56 foreign) Cited by 1 case

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Case Significance

Jane Kaushik vs Union Of India is a Supreme Court of India decision dated October 17, 2025 (citation: insc-2025-1248). Writ petition concerning the rights of a transgender student who faced discrimination at schools. The Supreme Court issued landmark directions on reasonable accommodation under the Transgender Persons Act, 2019, directing formation of a committee to draft equal opportunity policies and holding that omissive discrimination violates constitutional equality guarantees. The bench comprised Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan. The judgment was delivered by Justice J.B. Pardiwala.

This case has been cited by 1 subsequent judgment. The judgment references 56 case citations.

Summary

Writ petition concerning the rights of a transgender student who faced discrimination at schools. The Supreme Court issued landmark directions on reasonable accommodation under the Transgender Persons Act, 2019, directing formation of a committee to draft equal opportunity policies and holding that omissive discrimination violates constitutional equality guarantees.

What was the outcome of Jane Kaushik vs Union Of India?

Writ petition concerning the rights of a transgender student who faced discrimination at schools. The Supreme Court issued landmark directions on reasonable accommodation under the Transgender Persons...

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(1952) 1 SCC 1 (1976) 2 SCC 310 (1980) 3 SCC 488 (1983) 4 SCC 141 (1984) 2 SCC 244 (1984) 3 SCC 82 (1985) 2 SCR 536 (1985) 4 SCC 677 (1987) 1 SCC 395 (1988) 4 SCC 592 (1993) 2 SCC 746 (1995) 3 SCC 42 (1997) 6 SCC 241 (2000) 4 SCC 110 (2000) 6 SCC 213 (2000) 9 SCC 745 (2004) 5 SCC 551 (2005) 10 SCC 1 (2006) 8 SCC 212 (2008) 3 SCC 1 (2011) 3 SCC 760 (2011) 4 SCC 454 (2014) 14 SCC 383 (2014) 5 SCC 438 (2016) 11 SCC 31 (2016) 3 SCC (Civ) 551 (2016) 7 SCC 761 (2017) 10 SCC 1 (2018) 10 SCC 1 (2018) 2 SCC 397 (2018) 2 SCC 413 (2018) 8 SCC 141 (2019) 1 SCC (Cri) 1 (2019) 11 SCC 1 (2019) 15 SCC 401 (2019) 2 SCC (Cri) 84 (2019) 3 SCC 39 (2020) 7 SCC 469 (2021) 15 SCC 125 (2021) 16 SCC 225 (2021) 5 SCC 370 (2022) 11 SCC 1 (2023) 2 SCC 209 (2023) 4 SCC 1 (2023) 4 SCC 498 (2023) 9 SCC 433 2022 SCC OnLine SC 1581 2024 INSC 113 2024 INSC 465 2024 SCC OnLine SC 1683 2024 SCC OnLine SC 2694 2024 SCC OnLine SC 4283 2025 INSC 1248 2025 INSC 75 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1025 2025 SCC OnLine SC 387

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