An SC-appointed panel has recommended various guidelines including one that says, "Whenever there is a raid on any brothel, since voluntary sex work is not illegal and only running the brothel is unlawful, sex workers concerned should not be arrested or penalised or harassed or victimised."
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Centre in Supreme Court has raised certain reservations in respect of the recommendations made by the panel that sex workers should not be arrested or penalised or harassed or victimised as voluntary sex work is "not illegal" and only running the brothel is unlawful. India News | Every Individual Including Sex Worker Has Right to Dignified Life, SC Observes.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench to consider whether or not Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) driving licence holders require a separate endorsement for driving transport vehicles carrying up to 7,500 kilograms.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up realty major Supertech Ltd for not complying with its orders to demolish the twin 40-story towers in Noida and warned that “its directors will be sent to jail for playing truant with the court". The apex court also took note of the deduction in payments to be made to the homebuyers as directed by it last year and asked the realty firm