Sex Worker Archives

‘Victim not forcefully involved in sex work’; Bombay Court upholds Sex Worker’s liberty under Article 19

The Court upheld the appellant’s right to move anywhere and to reside anywhere under Article 19 of the Constitution of India and justified her request for release, since her liberty was curtailed due to the order passed by the Magistrate on 15-3-2023.

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Calcutta High Court │ Mere visiting the house of sex worker as ‘customer’ cannot be presumed to be living on earnings of sex workers; proceedings quashed

Calcutta High Court: Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J. allowed a revisional application which was filed for quashing of the proceeding under Sections 3,

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Del HC | PIL filed without “any ground work” and any “thought to it”; Court dismisses petition seeking effective measures for sex workers and LGBTQ community during COVID-19

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ., dismissed a petition raising concerns for the welfare

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Raj HC | Sex worker allowed to terminate pregnancy; Forced in fornication against her wishes

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J. while allowing the present petition with regard to termination of pregnancy, stated that, “…petitioner has been impregnated