On Monday, senior advocate Jayna Kothari, appearing for one of the petitioners, urged the bench to direct restoration of transgender identity cards that had already been cancelled. The bench, however, said it could not issue a general direction on the issue and asked the petitioners to file applications bringing individual cases before it. Kothari also sought protection for persons who had already applied for transgender identity cards and were awaiting their issuance. The bench said it would await the Centre’s reply affidavit before considering the issue.
