The High Court of Karnataka has permitted two transgender petitioners to continue their ongoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) without interruption, pending the final adjudication of their petitions challenging the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, which restricts self-identification and mandates medical board certification.
A Vacation Bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum passed the interim order as the petitioners, who assert that they are transgender persons identifying themselves as women, have complained that the doctors at a reputed private hospital, where they have been undergoing HRT from November 2023, have declined to continue the treatment due to a recent amendment made to the Act.
