THE LEGALITY OF PROSTITUTION AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

AUTHOR – ADITYA LOHANI, STUDENT AT ILSR, GLA UNIVERSITY, MATHURA

Best Citation – ADITYA LOHANI, THE LEGALITY OF PROSTITUTION AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA, Voice of Freedom and Rights, 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 29-32, ISBN – 978-81-961120-1-1.

ABSTRACT

Prostitution is also a taboo in India just like LGBTQ, Sex etc. The sex Industry in India is also growing at a very fast rate and according to a report from UNAIDS in 2016, 657,829 people were working as prostitutes in India. But it is also considered evil for society by many people in India and sex workers did not have a very good image in Indian society. Prostitution as a profession existed in our society for a very long time and it is a false impression about it that it is illegal. It’s not illegal, the activities related to it like managing brothels, pimping, trafficking of minor girls etc. are illegal and punishable under the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, of 1956. Through this article, we will study its meaning, how it emerges in Indian society, what leads people to adopt it as a profession and so on. Further, in this paper, I have also discussed the legal aspects of prostitution i.e. whether it is legal or not and what the laws related to it and tried to explain it with relevant case laws. In the end, based on my understanding, I have concluded whether it should be legalized or not.   

Keywords: prostitution, LGBTQ, brothels, pimping, taboo, prostitutes