The Division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of KSP Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikri, JJ., in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India, (2014) 5 SCC 438, held that Hijras, eunuchs, apart from binary genders, be treated as “third gender” for the purpose of safeguarding their rights under Part III of the Constitution and the laws made by Parliament and the State Legislatures.