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Home / News / India News / Sex worker can't claim 'rape' if not paid
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    Sex worker can't claim 'rape' if not paid

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    Last updated on Oct 14, 2016, 02:11 pm
    Sex worker can't claim 'rape' if not paid
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  • The Supreme Court (SC) ruled today that a sex worker cannot claim rape or sexual assault if customers refused to pay.

    An SC Division Bench ruled that statements and evidences provided by an alleged rape victim should be given importance however it shouldn't be treated as "gospel truth".

    The SC ruling came on a 20-year old sexual assault case from Bangalore.

  • In this article
    Prostitution in India Devadasi practice still prevalent Legal Status of Prostitution in India Rampant prostitution Sex workers and their social condition Legalize prostitution? Supreme Court vis-a-vis sex workers Sex worker can't claim 'rape' if not paid
  • Origins

    Prostitution in India

    Prostitution in India
  • Around the 6th Century, the practice of "dedicating" girls to Hindu gods became prevalent. Young pre-pubescent girls were 'married-off' in matrimony to God or the local religious deity.

    These girls called 'Devadasis' were prohibited from getting into a real marriage and were required to become prostitutes for upper-caste community members.

    'The Devadasi Security Act' of 1934 was the first legislation to ban this practice.

  • Information

    Devadasi practice still prevalent

  • Despite being banned decades ago, the customary practice of Devadasis is still very much prevalent in southern Indian states. Reports and statistics from 2015 indicated that in Telangana and Andra Pradesh, cumulatively, there were 80,000 women working as Devadasis.

  • Details

    Legal Status of Prostitution in India

    Legal Status of Prostitution in India
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  • Prostitution in India is not per se illegal however related activities like soliciting, owning or managing a brothel, pimping, prostitution in a hotel is illegal.

    The Immoral Traffic Prevention Act of 1956 provides a detailed list of activities for which clients availing of prostitution, landlords running brothels, pimps financially benefiting from a prostitute's earnings or a person responsible for "human trafficking" can be prosecuted.

  • Information

    Rampant prostitution

  • According to statistics from a few years ago, there are roughly 3 million or more sex workers across India. However, conflicting numbers exist as some sources peg the number at a massive 10 million.

  • About

    Sex workers and their social condition

    Sex workers and their social condition
  • Sex workers find themselves in a particularly vulnerable position since although selling sex is not illegal, buying is.

    Many sex workers enter this profession out of choice and many are tricked into it and get caught up in a vicious circle of debt and poverty.

    The prostitution business flourishes underground, gives prostitutes little to no rights and severely compromises their health in the process.

  • Possibilities

    Legalize prostitution?

    Legalize prostitution?
  • Five years ago the Supreme Court took the stand that prostitution should be legalized.

    The current head of National Commission for Women, Lalitha Kumaramanglam, argues in favour of legalization as an organized industry could prevent trafficking, improve hygiene and check spread of diseases.

    Currently, prostitutes are reluctant to approach doctors, dread police harassment and live in fear of being expelled from their residences.

  • About

    Supreme Court vis-a-vis sex workers

    Supreme Court vis-a-vis sex workers
  • In 2010, the SC directed the government to create "conditions conducive for sex workers to work with dignity".

    In February 2016, a SC panel recommended that police should not arrest consenting 'adult' sex-workers while conducting raids on brothels.

    In June 2016, the SC held that sex-workers even if 'not' caught or convicted of "immoral trafficking" couldn't resort to law to prevent eviction from brothels.

  • 12 Oct 2016

    Sex worker can't claim 'rape' if not paid

    Sex worker can't claim 'rape' if not paid
    Credits:
  • The Supreme Court (SC) ruled today that a sex worker cannot claim rape or sexual assault if customers refused to pay.

    An SC Division Bench ruled that statements and evidences provided by an alleged rape victim should be given importance however it shouldn't be treated as "gospel truth".

    The SC ruling came on a 20-year old sexual assault case from Bangalore.

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