Customers in brothel can’t be prosecuted for immoral trafficking: Karnataka HC
Apr 12, 2022
Written by Shaurya Mahajan Today, the Karnataka High Court in the case of Babu S v. State reiterated that a customer found in a brothel cannot be prosecuted for offences of immoral trafficking. The single bench consisting of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition, observing that the
The ethics of Prostitution – should it be legalised?
Jul 4, 2021
The immoral traffic prevention act 1956, criminalises running a brothel, luring, and soliciting a person into prostitution and sexual exploitation but does not literally criminalise prostitution or prostitutes. Section 2(f) of The Immoral Trafficking Act (1956) defines prostitution as sexual exploitation of people
