The first petitioner (Zahad) is female at birth and considers him or herself as transgender man and the second petitioner (Ziya) is male at birth and considers him or herself as transgender woman. The third Petitioner is their biological child (born by the transgender man (Zahhad) after pregnancy). The birth certificate obtained by Kozhikode Corporation had Zahhad and Ziya Paval as the mother and father respectively, even though they psyched as female and male accordingly. The Petitioners wanted a corrected copy of birth certificate that will refer to both of them as parents (not mother/father) so that the child will not face discrimination in future. The court directed the Kozhikode Corporation to make a modified birth certificate in Form 5 so as to change the words mother/father to parents and remove the gender bit also. The gendered terms were found in the Original register entries which were not to be altered to be compliant with statutory requirements.