Supreme Court of India

Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal

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Bench Markandey Ka Tju and Gyan Sudha Misra JJ.
Decided 15 September 2011

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Public Interest Litigation - Sex workers - Problems of - Panel had been set up vide earlier Court order dated 19.07.2011 with Mr. Pradip Ghosh, Senior Advocate, as its Chairman - Suggestions made by the Panel in its Third Interim report dated 12.09.2011 - Held: The suggestions are good - Sex workers face great difficulty in getting ration cards, voter's identity cards or in opening bank accounts, etc. - The authorities should see to it that sex workers do not face these difficulties as they are also citizens of India and have the same fundamental rights as others - Suggestions made by the…

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