Citing a recent Supreme Court judgment, which had held that whenever any brothel is raided, sex workers should not be arrested or penalised or harassed or victimised and it is only the running of the brothel, which is unlawful, Justice N Satish Kumar quashed an FIR registered against a customer of the brothel house.
Supreme Court said measures that sex workers employ for their health and safety must neither be construed as offences nor seen as evidence of commission of an offence.
The Supreme Court has ruled that prostitution is a legal profession and sex workers must be treated with dignity. Netizens react.
A press release issued by the Crime Branch said two of the rescued women, including the TV actress, are from Virar near Mumbai, while the third one hails from Hyderabad.
Even as Alia Bhatt's Gangubai Kathiawadi has cleared all the legal hurdles ahead of release on February 25, the family of the real Gangubai has targeted the makers for showing the area of Kamathipura in a bad light and claimed they've been defamed.
The involvement of local police officials is also suspected in the operation of the racket and an investigation has been launched into the role of the local police station head and chowki in-charge.
Sonu Punjaban, who has been tipped as Delhi's biggest sex racketeer, has been sentenced to 24 years in jail by Delhi's Dwarka District Court. Her accomplice, Sandeep Bedwal, so was also known to be involved in her hideous acts, has been awarded a jail term of 20 years.
A Delhi Court has convicted Geeta Arora alias Sonu Punjaban, notorious for running flesh trade in Delhi, and one other in a case of kidnapping and prostitution of a minor girl.
The casting director has been running the prostitution racket with his friends for the last five years.
The police have arrested Salim Shaikh, who owns the establishment, the official said, adding that the woman who was in-charge of the illegal activities has been issued a notice under Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
Anil Wagle, 37, had denied the charges of running a trafficking ring of women from Slovakia along with Vojtech Gombar, 61, Jana Sandorova, 28, and Ratislav Adam, 31, but all four were found guilty at Scotland’s High Court in Glasgow on Friday for crimes carried out between November 2011 and February 2017.
Changing licensing norms and a high-level inquiry to examine the role of police, MCD and politicians in alleged prostitution rackets running in spas were some of the recommendations by the DCW in its report submitted to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal
Nearly three weeks after a man allegedly killed his wife here for refusing to get into prostitution, Delhi Police said Saturday they have arrested him from West Bengal.
High-profile prostitution racket busted in Hyderabad, actress rescued
By promising them well-paid jobs, the two used to lure young girls. Sangeetha Balan also used to promise them a chance to feature in flicks and TV shows.
For the community prostitution is a way of life, passed down generations and young girls are groomed to become prostitutes as male members mostly live off their earnings.
Arshi Khan broke into tears after Sapna Choudhary mentioned 'Pune-Goa' in the Friday episode of Bigg Boss.
In a significant ruling, the Gujarat High Court on Friday said that if a sex worker is engaged in prostitution of her own volition, and not due to any inducement, force or coercion then a criminal case is not maintainable against her.
A 22-year-old man, along with two accomplices, was arrested from Manesar for killing his mother and sister over alleged prostitution in Gurgaon, the city police said on Monday. On September 19, Sumit Kumar along with
Swati Maliwal said a false FIR was filed against her because she was getting closer to exposing a prostitution racket at GB Road in the national capital's red light area, operating under the protection of a central minister.
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