Ce t e
tells
SC
existi g
t a sge de
ID
ca ds
will
emai
valid
till
pleas
agai st
ew
law
a e
decided.
NEW
DELHI:
T a sge de
ide tity
ca ds
issued
befo e
the
2026
ame dme t
to
the
law
p otecti g
t a sge de
pe so s
will
co ti ue
to
emai
valid,
the
Ce t e
told
the
Sup eme
Cou t
o
Mo day,
offe i g
i te im
elief
to
ca dholde s
whose
legal
status
had
come
u de
questio
followi g
the
ew
legislatio .Solicito
ge e al
Tusha
Mehta
gave
the
assu a ce
befo e
a
be ch
headed
by
Chief
Justice
of
I dia
Su ya
Ka t
a d
comp isi g
Justices
Joymalya
Bagchi
a d
V
Moha a,
which
was
hea i g
a ou d
15
petitio s
challe gi g
the
co stitutio al
validity
of
the
ame ded
law.“I
have
take
i st uctio s.
The
TGI
ID
ca ds
issued
ea lie
will
co ti ue
to
ope ate
subject
to
the
outcome
(o
the
petitio s),”
ews
age cy
PTI
quoted
Mehta
as
sayi g.A
T a sge de
Ide tity
(TGI)
ca d
is
issued
th ough
the
gove me t’s
t a sge de
po tal
a d
se ves
as
official
ecog itio
of
a
pe so ‘s
self-ide tified
ge de .
It
ca
also
be
used
to
facilitate
cha ges
to
a
pe so ‘s
ame
a d
ge de
i
official
docume ts.The
2026
ame dme t
has
bee
challe ged
p i cipally
ove
cha ges
to
the
ea lie
f amewo k
o
ge de
self-ide tificatio .
Petitio e s
have
a gued
that
the
ew
law
u de mi es
the
ight
ecog ised
by
the
Sup eme
Cou t
i
its
la dma k
2014
NALSA
judgme t,
which
affi med
the
ight
of
t a sge de
pe so s
to
dete mi e
thei
ge de
ide tity.
Du i g
the
hea i g,
se io
advocate
Jay a
Kotha i,
appea i g
fo
o e
of
the
petitio e s,
sought
di ectio s
fo
esto atio
of
TGI
ca ds
that
had
al eady
bee
ca celled.
The
be ch
decli ed
to
issue
a
bla ket
o de
a d
asked
petitio e s
to
b i g
i dividual
cases
befo e
it.Kotha i
also
sought
p otectio
fo
those
who
had
applied
fo
ide tity
ca ds
u de
the
ea lie
f amewo k
but
we e
still
waiti g
fo
them
to
be
issued.
The
cou t
said
it
would
co side
the
issue
afte
eceivi g
the
Ce t e’s
eply
affidavit.Se io
advocate
Rajiv
Shakdha
backed
the
equest,
submitti g
that
the
bala ce
of
co ve ie ce
lay
with
the
petitio e s
a d
that
be efits
al eady
available
to
t a sge de
pe so s
should
ot
be
dis upted.Justice
Bagchi,
howeve ,
said
such
questio s
would
have
to
be
exami ed
i
light
of
the
facts
a d
ci cumsta ces
of
i dividual
cases.Se io
advocate
A u dhati
Katju
a gued
that
the
2019
legislatio
was
based
o
the
p i ciple
of
self-ide tificatio
a d
that
be efits
a isi g
f om
the
ea lie
law
should
ot
automatically
cease
with
the
2026
ame dme t.The
Ce t e
i fo med
the
cou t
that
it
would
file
its
espo se
to
the
challe ges.
The
be ch
eco ded
the
submissio s
a d
listed
the
petitio s
fo
fi al
hea i g
afte
th ee
weeks.
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Pa liame t
passed
the
ame dme t
bill
o
Ma ch
25,
a d
it
eceived
p eside tial
asse t
o
Ma ch
30.
Amo g
othe
cha ges,
the
ame ded
legislatio
excludes
social
o ie tatio s
f om
its
ambit
a d
p ovides
fo
g aded
pu ishme t
depe di g
o
the
g avity
of
ha m
i flicted
o
t a sge de
pe so s.O e
of
the
petitio s
has
sought
a
decla atio
that
the
ight
to
self-ide tificatio
of
ge de ,
ecog ised
i
the
NALSA
uli g,
is
a
fu dame tal
ight
u de
A ticle
21
a d
” o
legislatio
may
make
co ditio al
upo
bu eauc atic
ce tificatio ,
medical
p ocedu e,
su gical
i te ve tio ,
o
a y
cli ical
gateway
of
the
State’s
choosi g”.