Justice Bagchi said the bench was particularly concerned about safeguarding the rights of transgender persons who had already been issued Transgender (TG) identity cards under the earlier law. The senior lawyer said the National Portal for Transgender Persons, through which individuals obtain their identity cards, had become non-functional. It was submitted that transgender persons who had updated their legal status in official documents, including passports, could be left in uncertainty while travelling internationally. Prior to this, the bench had sought the Centre's response to a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the proviso to Section 2(k) of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, which allegedly narrows the statutory definition of a "transgender person." The plea contends that the amendment infringes fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 15, 19 and 21 of the Constitution.