India, Oct. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Friday condemned the actions of two schools - one in Uttar Pradesh that expelled a transwoman teacher and another in Gujarat that later denied her a job within a year - ordering compensation for the transwoman and forming a committee to draft an Equal Opportunity policy for transgender individuals.

"This judgment will go a long way in protecting the rights of transgender persons," said a bench of justices JB Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan as it laid down guidelines against discrimination of the third gender.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Jane Kaushik, a transwoman, who approached the court citing discrimination based on gender after UP's Lakhimpur Kheri school fired her in December 2022, fo...