Appointment of a member of the Advisory Committee – Miscellaneous Application was filed by the Amicus Curiae seeking inclusion of Ms. Aparna Mehrotra, Senior Associate, Centre for Law and Policy Research as a member to the Advisory Committee formed by this Court vide judgment dated 17.10.2025 to address the concerns of the transgender community:
Held: Vide judgment dated 17.10.2025, an Advisory Committee was constituted to address the concerns of the transgender community with Ms. Nithya Rajshekhar as a member to represent the Centre for Law and Policy Research – However, she is no longer an Associate with the Centre but, taking into consideration the extensive work undertaken by her with regard to the transgender rights, she would continue as one of the members of the Advisory Committee – Further, in the interest of functioning of the Advisory Committee, Ms. Aparna Mehrotra, Senior Associate, Centre for Law and Policy Research is also appointed as a member of the said Advisory Committee to represent the Centre and its scholarship in the field of transgender rights. [Paras 2-4]
As published in the Supreme Court Reports, Supreme Court of India. Headnotes prepared by: Divya Pandey. Text from the Indian Supreme Court Judgments open data set (Dattam Labs), CC BY 4.0.
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