<p>The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that a communication has been issued to all the states and union territories to include data of transgender prisoners in prison statistics reports from 2020 onwards.</p>.<p>The submission was made before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma in response to a PIL seeking a direction to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) to "make requisite policy and format amendment to include the data on transgender prisoners" in the prison statistics reports.</p>.<p>The ASG said that the communication was issued on December 4 and therefore, nothing remains in the petition.</p>.<p>In view of the submission made by the ASG, the court disposed of the plea by Karan Tripathi, who claims to be a legal journalist and an independent researcher in the field of criminal justice and criminology.</p>.<p>The Centre's response came pursuant to the court's query on December 1 as to what steps it has taken for including data of transgender prisoners in its latest prison statistics reports.</p>.<p>Tripathi, represented by advocate Akhil Hasija, had also sought a direction to the central government to ensure the prison authorities and departments "maintain data on transgender prisoners/inmates in each and every document/report required to be maintained by them".</p>
<p>The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that a communication has been issued to all the states and union territories to include data of transgender prisoners in prison statistics reports from 2020 onwards.</p>.<p>The submission was made before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma in response to a PIL seeking a direction to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) to "make requisite policy and format amendment to include the data on transgender prisoners" in the prison statistics reports.</p>.<p>The ASG said that the communication was issued on December 4 and therefore, nothing remains in the petition.</p>.<p>In view of the submission made by the ASG, the court disposed of the plea by Karan Tripathi, who claims to be a legal journalist and an independent researcher in the field of criminal justice and criminology.</p>.<p>The Centre's response came pursuant to the court's query on December 1 as to what steps it has taken for including data of transgender prisoners in its latest prison statistics reports.</p>.<p>Tripathi, represented by advocate Akhil Hasija, had also sought a direction to the central government to ensure the prison authorities and departments "maintain data on transgender prisoners/inmates in each and every document/report required to be maintained by them".</p>