The Supreme Court has asked the National Judicial Academy to prepare a comprehensive protocol for Magistrates conducting the threshold inquiry under Section 17 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act into rescued adult women.
The Bombay High Court has dismissed Rani Pratap Singh’s revision against her conviction under Sections 3 to 6 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act for running a brothel at Grant Road, holding that the argument that the victim was a Bangladeshi illegal immigrant amounted to ‘victim shaming’ and that NGO witnesses in brothel raids are not ‘interested witnesses’.
The Supreme Court of India has heard the bail plea of Suman Shaik, a Bangladeshi national accused of human trafficking through the India-Bangladesh border. Justices Surya Kant and N.K. Singh presided over the case, focusing on the illegal movement of foreign nationals. The court’s decision on bail is pending.