The Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment regarding sex work, clarifying that if a woman voluntarily engages in sex work for her livelihood, her residence cannot be legally considered a 'brothel'. A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan analyzed the ITPA, 1956, stating the law aims to curb commercialization and organized trafficking rather than individual voluntary acts. The court directed that adult women cannot be forcibly 'rescued' or detained in shelter homes against their will if they are working independently without brokers. Public solicitation, however, remains a punishable offense. https://odishasambad.in/itpa-punishes-traffickers-not-prostitutes-supreme-court-says-in-key-ruling/ #creator program