Cases post-Navtej

In this page we list cases in Indian high courts filed after the Navtej Johar and ors. verdict of the Supreme Court of 2018. Most of these are decisions that have been given regarding protection for queer persons or directing their release from confinement, and the rest pertain to same-sex marriage.

Cases pertaining to same-sex/queer/cis-trans marriages

Cases pertaining to protection for queer persons

  • Sreeja S. v. Commissioner of Police (W.P. (Crl.) 372 of 2018, Kerala High Court, September 2018) [link]
  • Sadhana Sinsinwar and Another v. State (W.P.(Crl.) 3005 of 2018, Delhi High Court, October 2018) [link]
  • Mann @ Manjusha Yadav v. State (W.P.(Crl.) 3451 of 2018, Delhi High Court, November 2018) [link]
  • Shampa Singha v. State of West Bengal (W.P. 23120(W) of 2018, Calcutta High Court, January 2019) [link]
  • Bhawna and Another. v. State (W.P. (Crl.) 1075 of 2019, Delhi High Court, April 2019) [link]
  • Parveen Dayal v. State (W.P. (Crl.) 2384/2019, Delhi High Court, September 2019) [link]
  • Monu Rajput and Another v. State W.P. (Crl.) 3407 of 2019 Delhi High Court, December 2019) [link]
  • M. Srinivasan v. State of Tamil Nadu (2020 SCC OnLine Mad 6311, Madras High Court, 2020) [link].
  • Madhu Bala v. State of Uttarakhand (H.C.P. 8 of 2020, Uttarakhand High Court, June 2020)  [link]
  • Nishant and another v. State (W.P. (Crl.) 1071 of 2020, Delhi High Court, July, 2020)  [link]
  • Paramjit Kaur and another v. State of Punjab (CRWP No. 5025of 2020, Punjab & Haryana High Court, July 2020)  [link]
  • Vanitaben Damjibhai Solanki v. State of Gujarat (Spl. Crl. App. 3011 of 2020, Gujarat High Court, July 2020)  [link]
  • Chinmayee Jena @ Sonu Krishna Jena v. State of Odisha (W.P. (Crl.) No. 57/2020, Orissa High Court, August 2020)  [link]
  •  Sultana Mirza and another v. State of U.P. (W.P. (C) No .17394 of 2020, Allahabad High Court, November 2020)  [link]
  • Vyjayanti Vasanta Mogli Vs. State of Telangana (2020 SCC OnLine TS 440 Telangana High Court, 2020) [
  • Mansi Srivastava v. Govt. of NCT Delhi. (W.P. (C) No . 219 of 2021, Delhi High Court, February 2021)  [link]
  • Sivakumar TD Vs. State of Tamil Nadu (2021 SCC OnLine Mad 5089, Madras High Court, 2021) [link].
  • Kavin Thamizh v. The Inspector of Police (H.C.P.(MD) No.1082 of 2021), Madras High Court, August 2021 [link]
  • Sushma and Seema  v. Commissioner of Police (W.P. No. 7284 of 2021), Madras High Court, Interim Orders: