COLOMBO, July 20 -- Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed, without proceeding to a full hearing, a fundamental rights petition seeking to invalidate government circulars and legislation relating to legal gender recognition.

The petition was filed by Shantha Jayatilaka, a retired disabled Warrant Officer of the Sri Lanka Air Force, who challenged a series of administrative measures and legislation, including provisions permitting changes to legal gender following gender-affirming medical procedures.

Former Presidents Maithripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe, as well as President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, were among the respondents named in the petition.

The matter was heard before a bench comprising Chief Justice Preethi Pa...