DOCUMENTS RELATING TO SEX WORK PART O THE

FEMINIST LAW ARCHIVES BY PARTNERS IN LAW AND

DEVELOPMENT

LEGISLATIONS
1. Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956
2. Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2006
3. The Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956 - Suggested amendments supported by
NCW1
4. The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls (Amending) Act, 1978 (46 of
1978)
5. The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls (Amending) Act, 1986 (44 of
1986)
CONFERENCE NOTES/ REPORTS
1. First National conference of sex workers 19972
2. Second State Conference of Sex Workers 1999
3. Third State Conference of Sex Workers 2005 3
4. Reporting to the CEDAW Committee on the Status of Sex workers4
5. The Sex Workers Freedom Festival5
6. Report on National Consultation on Protecting Rights and Dignity of Sex Workers
Organized by All India Network of Sex Workers, (AINSW)6
1 http://ncw.nic.in/frmReportLaws03.aspx
2 http://www.nswp.org/sites/nswp.org/files/Sex%20Workers%20Manifesto%20%20Meeting%20in%20India.pdf
3 http://durbar.org/html/publications.aspx 4 http://www.sangram.org/resources/Critique-CEDAW-Committee-Status-of-SexWorkers-7-Aug-2014.pdf
5 Festival held in Washington DC included delegates from 42 countries including
delegates like Swapan Gayen, Dr. Sundarraman, Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi from India.
http://www.firstpost.com/living/when-the-aids-money-dries-up-red-lights-flashing-forsex-workers-393617.html
6 http://ainsw.org/pdfs/Final%20AINSW%20Report.pdf

CASE LAWS
1. In Re. Ratnamala & Anr Vs. The Respondent AIR 1962 Madras 31 p.5
2. Bai Shanta vs. State of Gujarat AIR 1967 Gujarat 211 p.8
3. Sahyog Mahila Mandal vs. State of Gujrat (2004) 2 GLR 1764
4. Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal, Criminal Appeal No. 135 of 2010 in the
Supreme Court of India