27/05/2022
NDIAN SUPREME COURT ASKS COPS TO TREAT S*X WORKERS WITH DIGNITY:
The supreme Court of India has asked cops to treat s*x workers with dignity.A bench presided by Justice L Nageswara Rao also asked the Centre to spell out its stand on recommendation by a panel appointed by it in 2011 to exempt s*x workers — who are adults and participates with consent — from criminal action.
It is noted that on July 19, 2011, the court had ordered setting up of a panel headed by senior advocate Pradip Ghosh as chairman to suggest measures to prevent trafficking, rehabilitate s*x workers who wish to leave it, and also to make conditions conducive for s*x workers who wish to continue working to do that with dignity.
The bench, also comprising Justices B F Gavai and A S Bopanna, asked states and Union Territories to “act in strict compliance of” some of these “recommendations”, which “relate only to rehabilitation measures in respect of s*x workers and other connected issues”. The bench said, “It need not be gainsaid that notwithstanding the profession, every individual in this country has a right to a dignified life under Article 21 of the Constitution.
Constitutional protection that is given to all individuals in this country shall be kept in mind by the authorities who have a duty under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act,1956.