Senior advocate C U Singh, who appeared for petitioner Satyashri Sharmila, said that unlike Aadhaar which had a separate category for third gender, PAN did not have any such category. This made it impossible for transgenders to link the two, he contended. But the Centre countered this, saying the petitioner was presuming that action would be taken for non-filing. “Not even one notice has been issued over this,” the Centre’s counsel said. The court asked the Centre’s counsel to come back with instructions on April 23.

Source: Indian Express March 20, 2018 00:22 UTC