Authority: Supreme Court of India

Date: 05/19/2022

Subject: The order of the Supreme Court of India, according to which the right to life provided for by article 21 of the Constitution includes the right to live with dignity, and involves also male and female prostitutes: the Court outlined some instructions pending a specific law in such matter

Parties: Budhadev Karmaskar v. The State of West Bengal & ors.

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 1 Human dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Personal security - Equality - Art. 20 Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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