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SC Directs UIDAI to Issue Aadhaar Cards to Sex Workers Without Insisting on Proof of Residence(25.05.2022)

Supreme Court, has directed Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to issue Aadhaar Cards to sex workers on the basis of a proforma certific.....

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SC: Police Should not Abuse Sex Workers, Media Should not Publish Their Pictures(26.05.2022)

Supreme Court has directed that the police should treat sex workers with dignity and should not abuse them, verbally or physically. The Court also dir.....

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SC Directs Governments to Provide Food, Aid to Starving Sex Workers(22.09.2020)

Supreme Court has told the Centre and States to urgently consider providing relief to jobless and starving sex workers in the form of dry rations, mon.....

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Bombay HC Orders Release of 3 Sex Workers from Corrective Institution(28.09.2020)

Bombay High Court has set free 3 sex workers from the Corrective Institution observing that prostitution has not been made an offence under Immoral Tr.....

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SC Directs States to Provide Dry Rations for Identified Sex Workers(29.09.2020)

Supreme Court has directed State Governments to provide dry rations for identified sex workers by National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) and State .....

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Supreme Court Directs States to Ensure Supply of Dry Ration to Sex Workers(29.10.2020)

Supreme Court has directed State Governments to follow the Standard Operation Procedure formulated by National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and to.....

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Gauhati HC Directs DLSA to Provide Immediate Rations to Identified Sex Workers(31.05.2021)

Gauhati High Court has directed the District Legal Services Authority, Cachar to provide immediate ration to sex workers and their family members iden.....

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SC to Centre: Provide Update on the Status of Sex Workers' Rehabilitation Bill(05.05.2023)

Supreme Court has sought an update from the Centre on the status of Workers' Rehabilitation Bill which aims for prevention of trafficking, and the reh.....

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Calcutta High Court Allows Sex Workers to Rent Community Hall For Durga Puja(07.09.2015)

Calcutta High Court has allowed sex workers of Sonagachi, considered Asia's largest red light area, to take on rent a community hall for organising th.....

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Calcutta High Court: Sex Workers Should not be Arrested, or Treated as Accused(12.08.2019)

Calcutta High Court has directed that sex workers exploited for commercial sex should not be arrayed as accused for offences under the Immoral Traffic.....

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Calcutta HC Seeks Response in Plea Seeking Adequate Ration and Financial Assistance for Sex Workers(02.09.2021)

Calcutta High Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) highlighting the plight of sex workers in West Bengal who have been left i.....

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Supreme Court Directs Issuance of Ration Cards, Voter IDs to Sex Workers(16.12.2021)

Supreme Court has directed the State Governments and Union Territories to commence the process of issuance of ration cards/ Voters Identity cards imme.....

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