Human trafficking

Madras High Court
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“The Tamil Nadu Government to prevent the exploitation of women and trafficking of women, has enacted an Act, viz., the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956. This Act has been enacted with an aim to prevent the commercialisation of vices and the trafficking of females. This Act does not declare sex work as illegal. However, it prohibits running of brothel centres.”

National Human Rights Commission
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Nata Pratha’ is a social evil in which girls in some communities are sold either on a stamp paper or otherwise in the name of marriage in parts of Rajasthan and the adjoining areas in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. The NHRC called for eradicating this unethical custom.

Delhi High Court
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It is crucial to recognize that delays in the victim’s testimony before the learned trial court, often attributed to the intricate nature of trauma recovery, should not serve as grounds for the accused to seek bail.

Kerala High Court
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    Kerala High Court: In bail applications filed by the accused persons for offences under Sections 511 and 370 read with

Karnataka High Court
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    Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant petition wherein an order of conducting a Test Identification Parade (TIP) after a

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“…basic protection of human decency and dignity extends to sex workers and their children, who, bearing the brunt of social stigma attached to their work, are removed to the fringes of the society, deprived of their right to live with dignity and opportunities to provide the same to their children.”

Karnataka High Court
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Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna J. allowed the petition and quashed the proceedings in the case pending on the file of the

Karnataka High Court
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Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna J. allowed the criminal petition and quashed the proceedings in Crime No.347/2021 pending before the 32nd Additional

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Patna High Court: While addressing the plight of a minor girl who was first trafficked by her own maternal uncle and was

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Himachal Pradesh High Court: Vivek Singh Thakur, J., granted regular bail on grounds that she is a mother of an infant child

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“No nation, with all its boasts, and all its hopes, can ever morally be clean till all its women are really free

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The Union Cabinet has given approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Myanmar on bilateral cooperation for the Prevention

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Bombay High Court – In the light of  increasing incidents of human trafficking and misuse of the provisions of bail by the