INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
PRAYAGRAJ: Observing that a person has a constitutional right to change their gender through surgical intervention, the Allahabad high court
has directed the UP DGP to dispose of an application filed by a female police constable seeking permission to undergo sex reassignment
surgery (SRS).While passing the directive, Justice Ajit Kumar observed that if a person suffers from gender dysphoria and except for
physical structure, her feeling and traits are of opposite sex, so much so that that there is a complete misalignment of her personality
with physical body, such a person does possess a constitutionally recognized right to get her gender changed though surgical
intervention."If we, in modern society, do not acknowledge this vested right in a person, we would be only encouraging gender identity
At times such a problem may be fatal as such a person may suffer from disorder, anxiety, depression, negative self image, dislike of one's
If psychological interventions to alleviate such distress as above fail, surgical intervention should become a must and should be
encouraged," added the bench
The court made the observations while dealing with a writ petition filed by an unmarried woman constable, working with UP Police, who
claimed to be suffering from gender dysphoria and wished to undergo SRS to get herself ultimately identified and personalized as a male with
true male physical character.The court has directed to put up this matter on September 21 for the next hearing
