As per the data published on the ECI’s website on March 2, there were 4,468 transgender voters in the state. At a press conference on March 29, the Chief Election Commissioner pegged the number at 41,312.
On Day 4 of hearing, advocates Geetha Luthra, Jayna Kothari, Anand Grover, Menaka Guruswamy, Saurabh Kirpal, and Vrinda Grover made submissions on topics ranging from the Foreign Marriage Act to natal family violence.
Supreme Court today remarked that Central government cannot dub homosexuality and the idea of same-sex marriage as an "urban elitist" concept, especially in the absence of any data to back this.
The conference was organised jointly by PUCL and the Network to present the findings of a public hearing that had recorded the testimonies of queer and trans persons facing conflict from their families.
The petitioners sought the right of marriage relying not only on legal precedents, but also by asserting broader constitutional entitlements around the rights to life and dignity embodied in the Constitution.