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'Transgender identity certificate to be treated as valid documentation for PAN'
Updated On: 29 August, 2024 01:44 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
SC was hearing a 2018 plea filed by a transgender person alleging that her attempt to link her PAN with Aadhaar card has failed as the former has no `third gender` option. The petitioner from Bihar had sought a direction to the Centre to create a separate third-gender category option on PAN cards
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The Central Government has told the Supreme Court (SC) that a `certificate of identity` issued by the district magistrate under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, will be treated as valid documentation for applying for a Permanent Account Number (PAN) card.
A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah said the government has in principle accepted this request and the Centre may consider incorporating it in the rules as well to bring clarity over the issue, reported news agency ANI.
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