For decades, Hijras and other gender-nonconforming individuals faced severe marginalization under British-era laws like Section 377 (criminalizing homosexuality) and the 1871 Criminal Tribes Act, which labeled them as "criminals."
The ruling declared that individuals have the right to identify their gender as male, female, or third gender, regardless of medical procedures.
For decades, Hijras and other gender-nonconforming individuals faced severe marginalization under British-era laws like Section 377 (criminalizing homosexuality) and the 1871 Criminal Tribes Act, which labeled them as "criminals."
The ruling declared that individuals have the right to identify their gender as male, female, or third gender, regardless of medical procedures.