Supreme Court of India

Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2012] 7 S.C.R. 881
Bench Altamas Kabir and Gyan Sudha Misra JJ.
Decided 26 July 2012

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Sex Workers - Rehabilitation of - Application filed on behalf of Union of India, for modification of earlier order passed by Supreme Court on 19th July, 2011, referring certain c issues to the Committee constituted by the said order itself - First modification sought was deletion of Durbar Mahi/a Samanwaya Samiti, from the panel on the ground that it had been actively advocating revocation of the Immoral Traffic(Prevention) Act, 1956, and also recognition of sex trade and that continuance of such Samiti in the panel was giving a wrong impression to the public that the Union of India was also

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