National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India, the Supreme Court of India's own 2014 judgment, recognized a third gender legal category and affirmed the constitutional rights of transgender persons in India. Its strength is that it is the Court's own opinion, the primary record of what it actually held. Its limit is that it rules on the legal claim before it rather than offering an independent scholarly account of hijra or other gender liminal traditions within Hindu religious practice, which needs separate sources.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: the Supreme Court's own opinion, the primary record of what it actually held. NotesThe Supreme Court of India's own judgment in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India (2014); the court's ruling on the legal claim before it, not an independent scholarly account of gender identity in Hindu tradition.
Citation
AuthorSupreme Court of India
PublisherSupreme Court of India
Publication Year2014
Source TypeCase law
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This source names India directly: "Union of India, the Supreme Court of India's own 2014 judgment, recognized a third gender legal category and affirmed the constitutional rights of transgender persons in India."
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This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Religious Roles & Titles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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