Bombay High Court Allows Victims of Trafficking to Return to Their Families in Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act Case — Held That Protective Custody Cannot Be Imposed Against the Will of Major Victims Without Just Cause. The court set aside the Magistrate's order directing the victims to be kept in a protective home for one year, holding that Section 17 of the ITPA does not authorize forcible confinement of major victims.
21 Aug 2019The petitioners, four women who were victims of trafficking and rescued from a brothel, challenged the order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater...
