Same-Sex, Same-Gender, and other Queer/Trans Marriages in India
Cases pertaining to same-sex, queer and cis-trans marriage (post-Navtej)
| Case | Court | Petition Copy | Case Number | Act Challenged |
| Mansur Rahman Vs. The Superintendent of Police & Anr 2018 | Madras | link here | Crl.O.P. No. 25269 of 2018 | -na- police protection for petitioner and transgender wife |
| ArunKumar and Sreeja v. Inspector General of Registration and ors. (2019) | Madras | link here | WP(MD)No.4125/2019 and WMP(MD)No.3220 /2019 | Hindu Marriage Act |
| Nikesh PP v. Union of India (2020) | Kerala | link here | WP(C) 2186/2020 | Special Marriage Act |
| Abhijit Iyer Mitra v. Union of India (2020) | Delhi | link here | W.P.(C) 6371/2020 | Hindu Marriage Act |
| Vaibhav Jain v. Union of India (2020) | Delhi | link here | (W.P.(C) 7657/2020 | Foreign Marriage Act |
| Dr. Kavita Arora v. Union of India (2020) | Delhi | link here | (W.P.(C) 7692/2020 | Special Marriage Act |
| Udit Sood v. Union of India | Delhi | link here | (W.P.(C) 2574/2021 | Special Marriage Act |
| Joydeep Sengupta v. Union of India | Delhi | link here | (W.P.(C) 6150/2021 | Special Marriage Act |
For more cases please check out the Google sheet maintained by Akhilesh Godi at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1s7zS0uSNi0Skys4Y8HAxcAwdnFq4PiMeI2OVf6cHnlY/htmlview
Other Reading
- Narrain, Siddharth & Birsha Ohdedar. 2015. Same-Sex Marriage and other Queer relationships in India – A legal perspective. Orinam and ALF [pdf link]
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