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KDU Law Journal Volume 04 Issue II
September, 2024
The court ruled that a sex worker’s child must not remain unglued
from its mother simply because she works in the sex industry.
Also, if a child is born in a brothel or within the context of sex
work, it must not be assumed that the child was produced by sex
workers, and their families are endangered through rudimentary
human decency and dignity. The mother and the youngster should
not be unglued. This would go a long way toward preventing
the authorities who are supposed to protect the children of sex
workers from ruining their lives. However, to improve these
children’s lives, the Supreme Court ought to issue directions that
are more specific and stringent. Their mental health is of utmost
importance as they experience exploitation on an even foundation
because of the setting they originated. More consideration ought
to be given to the trauma they might experience. As a result, the
court ought to direct the legislature to provide these children with
passable housing households, much like it did in Gaurav Jain v.
Union of India, and anywhere the court of law established rules for
restoration centres. 30
Conclusion and Suggestions
Sex work has been observed as wicked and coarse. In a civilization
where prostitution is an old occupation and continues to thrive as
commercial, it is not wise to turn an unreasoning judgment to it
and pretend that the institution and its shortcomings do not exist.
Decriminalizing and legalizing sex work through appropriate rules
and regulations will provide sex workers with better lives through
advanced wages, health protections and protections.

In the past, these prostitutes served as mistresses for wealthy men.
That man’s character was never questioned, but his mistress was
always depicted as a villain. She was branded a fraud and accused
of destroying a couple’s marriage. Females who propose their forms

30 Sex work legal, police cannot punish them: SC’ (The Pioneer, 27 May 2022)<https://
www.dailypioneer.com/2022/page1/sex-work-legal--police-can---t-punish-them--sc.html>
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