A day after the Rajya Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, around 140 lawyers and feminists wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, urging her not to grant assent to the Bill, pointing out “constitutional violations” in its provisions and “procedural infirmities” in the way it was passed.
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The letter was written by All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA), a pan-India collective of grassroots organisations, along with National Alliance for Justice, Accountability and Rights (NAJAR), a forum of lawyers and legal professionals.
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The groups said in their letter that they were “extremely alarmed and distressed at the undue and unjustifiable haste” with which the Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
