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J&K and Ladakh HC| Number of acts not to be determined for detention of an individual, but impact of the act(s) [Preventive Detention]

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, J. dismissed a petition which was filed assailing the detention

Case Briefs High Courts

Granite Stones Trafficking| Kerala HC directs Geologist to release vehicles wrongfully seized for want of Mineral Transit Pass

Kerala High Court: N. Nagaresh, J., directed the Geologist of Department of mining & geology, Manjeri to release wrongfully seized vehicles of

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court │ Mere visiting the house of sex worker as ‘customer’ cannot be presumed to be living on earnings of sex workers; proceedings quashed

Calcutta High Court: Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J. allowed a revisional application which was filed for quashing of the proceeding under Sections 3,

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta HC directs DGP to transfer cases involving trafficking of women particularly minors for sexual exploitation to Anti Human Trafficking Unit noting indifferent attitude

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Ananya Bandyopadhyay and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ. rejected a bail application in the matter of trafficking.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | If a minor is made to succumb to penetrative sexual assault by various customers and is induced into prostitution, will person responsible for the same be punishable under POCSO Act? HC explains

Bombay High Court: Mangesh S. Patil, J., while upholding the decision of Special Judge elaborated on the Sections of POCSO Act in

Case Briefs International Courts

Victims of human trafficking working as gardeners in cannabis factory. Can they be prosecuted for such criminal offence? ECHR’s momentous ruling

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR): Chamber composed of Yonko Grozev, President, Tim Eicke, Faris Vehabović, Iulia Antoanella Motoc, Armen Harutyunyan, Pere

Case Briefs International Courts

Victims of trafficking deserve protection not prosecution; European Court of Human Rights holds conduct of United Kingdom “unfair” towards victims

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR): In an interesting case regarding child trafficking the Fourth Section of ECHR had came up with a

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Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | A sex worker cannot be considered to be exploiting herself so as to bring her within the ambit of S. 370 IPC for the offence of trafficking

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Rajendra Kumar Srivastava, J., quashed the charge under Section 370 IPC framed against the petitioner. On receiving information

Cabinet Decisions Legislation Updates

Cabinet approves the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018

The Union Cabinet has approved the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 for introduction in Parliament. The Bill broadly has