1Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Research Scholar, Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author: Prof. Manoj Kumar Pathak, Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., India, e-mail: drmanojpathak@gmail.com, Mobile: 9450179177
Online published on 31 March, 2020.
The history of prostitution is not new. It is one of the oldest known professions. Vedas, the most ancient literature have reference of organised and established institution of prostitution., millions of Indian Citizens are bound to live their lives devoid even of fundamental and constitutional rights of living. The Immoral Traffic (Suppression) Act passed in 1956 defines the base of sex workers’ status and was passed in 1956. The remedy does not lie in its legalisation alone or criminalisation or decriminalisation.
Prostitution, Call-girls, Trafficking, Abduction, Incest
