{"id":259695,"date":"2025-05-27T12:28:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/legal\/a-critical-review-of-transgender-discrimination-in-the-indian-criminal-justice-system\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T12:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:28:15","slug":"a-critical-review-of-transgender-discrimination-in-the-indian-criminal-justice-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=259695","title":{"rendered":"A Critical Review of Transgender Discrimination in the Indian Criminal Justice System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 12pt;margin-top: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">By Meenakshi, National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">&nbsp;&amp; Abin P Shaju, Bharata Mata School of Legal Studies, <\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">Kerala.<\/span><\/h4>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: white;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjBOrdqi3lB9vQlWsOJKNvj4jBOGlLxJtvboAi_TsPwwt6WlPtOIlqiQ6greQuT--sg79yy0uNXbRQBOf1PiaGdA9AatR0ogzOP92F3EGw1Z_Gm26zykwdB9sIfoKmwfQlQI8kzHXiMSiJTCfYZGBGpOYGGFB7hDRn-dtH-RkuqldBntlOnC4mdJqRWng\/s1200\/451376028.0.0.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"800\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjBOrdqi3lB9vQlWsOJKNvj4jBOGlLxJtvboAi_TsPwwt6WlPtOIlqiQ6greQuT--sg79yy0uNXbRQBOf1PiaGdA9AatR0ogzOP92F3EGw1Z_Gm26zykwdB9sIfoKmwfQlQI8kzHXiMSiJTCfYZGBGpOYGGFB7hDRn-dtH-RkuqldBntlOnC4mdJqRWng\/w320-h213\/451376028.0.0.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #999999\">Source: Samuel Kubani\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">Prejudice displayed against that which one does not identify with or possess adequate knowledge on the subject of, has been palliated as justifiable human behavior since time immemorial. It could be stated that India has come a long way from categorizing persons under two very specific gender identities, by presenting developments such as the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/193543132\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">NALSA Judgement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">. However, the mere recognition of a third gender does not amount to complete comprehension and resultant eradication of the deep-seated social stigma, the presence of which may be identified within the Criminal Justice System as well.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bjs.ojp.gov\/content\/pub\/pdf\/wfbcjsin.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">Criminal Justice System<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"> is primarily comprised of the Legislature, Enforcement, Adjudication, and Corrections. Analyzing the acts of these four pillars reveals why reframing the relationship that exists between transgender people and the System is an outright necessity to ensure that apt pathways for attaining justice exist.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\">GENDER DISCRIMINATION AND ITS MANY FORMS<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">The widespread neglect of the grammatical aspect of the term \u2018Transgender\u2019 apropos of applying the same as a noun and not as an adjective, even in revolutionary judgments such as that of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/193543132\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">NALSA v. UOI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">, may be considered as the starting point on an extensive list of derogatory and discriminatory practices that transgender persons are subjected to i<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">ncident reports that have been prepared by organizations such as the Alternative Law Forum and Peoples Union of Civil Liberties portray a picture of the irrefutably antagonistic relationship that exists between the Police and transgender persons. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.policyforum.net\/indias-law-fails-lgbt-people\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">The affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"> on police officials raping Kokila, a trans woman, elaborates on such inconceivable torture.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">In 2015, incidents of sexual assault, harassment, and rape of five Transgender persons lodged in a jail in Mysuru had been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com\/bangalore\/crime\/transgenders-to-move-to-womens-wing-after-rise-in-violent-sex-crimes\/articleshow\/51623176.cms\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">. Furthermore, the very segregation of transgender prisoners solely based on genitalia portrays the severity of the derogatory practices that exist within the system. According to such a procedure of segregation, a report is sought from the prison medical officer during the time of admission confirming whether the prisoner has male or female genitalia. Subsequently, such prisoners are submitted to the male section if they possess male genitalia and to the female section if they possess female genitalia, thereby amounting to utter discrimination exercised against transgender persons who have not undergone sexual reassignment surgery. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/socialjustice.nic.in\/writereaddata\/UploadFile\/Binder2.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">Considering the expense incurred for and social stigma attached to such medical processes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">, it would only be right to state that a person should not be required to undergo sexual reassignment surgery to identify as of a different gender. The same has been established via <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/socialjustice.nic.in\/writereaddata\/UploadFile\/TG%20bill%20gazette.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"> as well by enunciating on the aspect of such medical processes not forming a mandate to identify as a transgender person.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\">THE INSUFFICIENT INCLUSIVITY CONUNDRUM&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">The vulnerabilities of transgender persons under enforcement and correctional systems would be better understood by scrutinizing the drawbacks present in the legislative framework of the nation. Such an analysis would prompt one to almost immediately draw attention to the primary penal laws. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legislative.gov.in\/sites\/default\/files\/A1860-45.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">The Indian Penal Code<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legislative.gov.in\/sites\/default\/files\/A1974-02.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">Code of Criminal Procedure<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"> are legislations that are discriminatory towards the transgender community as they have not been placed within the ambit of rape laws and laws against unnatural offences. Even though the offence of \u201csexual abuse\u201d has been included in provisions established under <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/socialjustice.nic.in\/writereaddata\/UploadFile\/TG%20bill%20gazette.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">The Transgender Persons Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"> alongside other offences such as causing harm or injury to life, the gravity regarded to such provisions in comparison to those contained in the penal laws mentioned above is negligible. This variation in the accorded significance is brought to light when considering the paltry sentence of not more than <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/socialjustice.nic.in\/writereaddata\/UploadFile\/TG%20bill%20gazette.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">two years<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"> that has been decreed under the Transgender Persons Act for such offences, as opposed to the minimum punishment for rape under the Indian Penal Code being a sentence of seven years.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\">RECOGNITION VIA ADJUDICATION; IS THAT ALL?<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">Precedents such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/translaw.clpr.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Nangai-vs-Superintendent-of-Police.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">Nangai v. Superintendent of Police<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/translaw.clpr.org.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/T_Thanusu_vs_The_Secretary_to_Government_of_Tamil_T140963COM139057.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">T Thanasu v. Secretary<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"> have been established in favor of transgender women seeking employment under the \u2018woman\u2019 category. However, the System has not yet adequately enforced such alleged equality in any constituent of the society. When the Criminal Justice System of the nation is approximately entirely composed of cisgender men and women, the prepossession in favor of the same becomes all the more evident.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">It is true that the NALSA Judgement has succeeded in establishing numerous Constitutional guarantees to transgender persons, thereby ensuring recognition. In spite of this, the question of whether a transgender woman would receive equal protection and would be entitled to the same special provisions under Articles 15 and 16 of the Indian Constitution remains unanswered. One among the most widely discussed Constitutional guarantees decreed by the Hon\u2019ble Court by means of this Judgement and in consonance with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/socialjustice.nic.in\/writereaddata\/UploadFile\/TG%20bill%20gazette.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">Transgender Persons Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">, would be the right of transgender persons to self-perceived gender identity falling within the ambit of Article 21 of the Constitution &#8211; a right which, ironically, is still blatantly violated by contradictory processes such as those followed in Indian prisons in the name of segregation.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\">CONCLUSION<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">Beyond the man-woman binary, there are as many as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indiankanoon.org\/doc\/188806075\/\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">58 gender variants<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">. To eliminate the internalized stigma that exists against said fact and thereby ensure the eradication of discriminatory practices against transgender persons, the Criminal Justice System of the nation must first achieve the same with regard to its own practices. For instance, the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/164.100.47.4\/BillsTexts\/RSBillTexts\/asintroduced\/crimnal-E-12719.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">, which seeks to amend the IPC to include gender-neutral laws would be an exceptional leap forward if implemented. Similarly, International documents such as the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unodc.org\/documents\/justice-and-prison-reform\/Nelson_Mandela_Rules-E-ebook.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">Nelson Mandela Rules (2015)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"> may be relied on to implement minimum standards concerning the treatment of transgender persons in prisons.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\">In conclusion, active efforts on the part of the System are crucial to achieving a functional structure that promotes gender inclusivity. Only then can discriminatory practices against transgender persons be erased and true equality is achieved; be it internal or external to the boundaries of the Criminal Justice System.&nbsp;<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"more\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-body post-content\" style=\"border: 0px;color: #111111;font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.5em;overflow: hidden;padding: 20px 0px 0px;text-align: left;vertical-align: baseline;width: 770px\">\n<h4 style=\"background-attachment: initial;background-image: initial;background-position: 0px 0px;background-repeat: initial;background-size: initial;border: 0px;color: #2c3e50;font-size: 18px;line-height: 1.92;margin: 0pt 0px;padding: 0pt 0pt 11pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"background: 0px 0px transparent;border: 0px;font-size: 12pt;font-style: italic;padding: 0px;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\">Views expressed are the author\u2019s own,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"background-attachment: initial;background-image: initial;background-position: 0px 0px;background-repeat: initial;background-size: initial;border: 0px;color: #2c3e50;font-size: 18px;line-height: 1.92;margin: 0pt 0px 11pt;padding: 0px;text-align: center;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"background: 0px 0px transparent;border: 0px;font-size: 12pt;font-style: italic;padding: 0px;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\">Law Daily neither endorses nor is responsible for them.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.8;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;font-size: 12pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-footer\" style=\"border: 0px;color: #111111;float: left;, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;margin: 20px 0px 0px;padding: 0px;position: relative;text-align: center;vertical-align: baseline;width: 770px\">\n<div class=\"post-share\" style=\"background: 0px 0px;border: 0px;line-height: 0;margin: 0px 0px 30px;overflow: hidden;padding: 0px;position: relative;vertical-align: baseline\">\n<ul class=\"share-links social social-color\" style=\"background: 0px 0px;border: 0px;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;position: relative;vertical-align: baseline\">\n<li class=\"facebook\" style=\"background: 0px 0px;border: 0px;float: left;margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px;padding: 0px;vertical-align: baseline;width: 154px\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Meenakshi, National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi&nbsp;&amp; Abin P Shaju, Bharata Mata School of Legal Studies, Kerala. 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