Karnataka High Court Orders Law University To Provide Transgender Reservation

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Title: Karnataka High Court Orders Law University To Provide Transgender Reservation In LLB Admissions
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Author: Law Trend
Date: July 21, 2026 11:57 AM
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Brief summary of the article
The Karnataka High Court has directed Karnataka State Law University to include reservation provisions for transgender students in its upcoming three-year LLB admission notification. The court also ordered relaxed eligibility criteria for transgender applicants and directed the state government and university system to secure admission and financial support for a transgender student who had been denied entry.
Main Points of the Article
"The Karnataka High Court has directed Karnataka State Law University to implement reservation policies for transgender students in its three-year Bachelor of Laws course, instructing the institution to include the provision in its upcoming admission notification."

"A division bench comprising Justice Anu Shivaraman and Justice Venkatesh Naik T ruled that the law university must align its admission guidelines with the Supreme Court's 2014 decision in National Legal Services Authority versus Union of India, which mandated reservations for transgender individuals in educational admissions."

"The notification must include a provision reducing eligibility criteria for transgender applicants by at least 2 percent or setting it to the lowest threshold among existing reserved categories, whichever option proves more beneficial to the applicant."

"Observing that the applicant had already lost three years of academic study, the bench directed the state government and the university system to secure admission and financial support for the student at another law college in Karnataka."

"Jacob indicated that the government will review the matter and issue appropriate orders concerning transgender reservations in education, taking into account the 1 percent horizontal reservation already established for transgender individuals in public employment."
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