Socio-Legal Dimension of Prostitution in India.
It is said that all round development of a nation depends upon the development of its women andchildren. The constitution of India ensures not only equality to women but also empowers the Stateto adopt effective measures in favour of women and children, for neutralizing the cumulative socio-economic, educational, political disadvantaged faced by them. The directive principle of state policy also lay down the major goal of a welfare state with gender equality as a core objective. The Indianconstitution prohibits all forms of trafficking under Article 23. The Suppression of ImmoralTrafficking Act, 1956 (amended as to the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1986) was in response tothe ratification of the International Convention on Suppression of Immoral Traffic and exploitation ofprostitution of others in 1950 by India. Inspite of these instruments, the violence against child,particularly, is trafficking in child for prostitution in on the rise. Trafficking in children is one of the wo...