Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 687 · Decided 15 September 2011
Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 687 · [2011] 11 S.C.R. 397
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 135/2010
- Decided
- 15 September 2011
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Hearing Adjourned
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
A B 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 C Chairman - Suggestions made by the Panel in its Third Interim report dated 12.09.2011 - Held: The suggestions are good - Sex 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 D difficulties as they are also citizens of India and have the same fundamental rights as others - Suggestions made by the Panel in its Third
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