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print versionMaking a case for decriminalising sex work for the right to live with dignity
by Mohammed Afeef (The Leaflet, June 8, 2023)
On May 19, 2022 the Supreme Court Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, B.R. Gavai and A.S. Bopanna, in Budhadev Karmaskar versus State of West Bengal observed that sex workers across India suffer from a lack of legal identity. The Bench passed Orders based on the final report of a Supreme Court-appointed panel. Notably, the most significant observation was that sex workers have the right to live with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution.
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