Yesterday, Advocate Padma Lakshmi became the first transgender woman to be enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Kerala (BCK).

Padma Lakshmi was one among the over 1,500 law graduates who were handed their Bar enrolment certificate at an event organised by the Bar Council of Kerala on Sunday, March 19.

Her achievement grabbed the attention of the State's Law Minister, P Rajeev, who put up a congratulatory post on his official Instagram page.