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2022 Supreme(SC) 804

L. NAGESWARA RAO, B. R. GAVAI, A. S. BOPANNA
Budhadev Karmaskar – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv., (A.C.) Ms. Reena George, Adv., Mr. Ketan Pual, Adv., Mr. Tushar Bhushan, Adv., Mr. Amartya Bhushan, Adv., Mr. Piyush K. Roy, Adv., (A.C.) Mrs. Kakali Roy, Adv.,(A.C.) Ms. Indrani Dey, Adv.,
Jail Petition : Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv., Mr. Umang Tripathi, Adv Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, AOR Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR Mr. Sweena Nair, Adv., Mr. P. Mohith Rao, Adv., Ms. A. Subhashini, AOR Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR Mr. Alok Kumar, Adv., Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv., Mr. Raghent Basant, Adv., Mr. Nikhil Parikshith, Adv., Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv., Mr. Abhishek Manchanda, Adv., Mr. Sayandeep Pahari, Adv., Mr. Tanmay Sinha, Adv., M/S. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Mr. Ankit Agarwal, Adv., Mr. P. V. Dinesh, AOR Manpreet Singh Doabia, Adv., Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, AOR Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv., Ms. Savita Singh, AOR Ms. Tripti Tandon, Adv., Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Abdulla Naseen V.T., Adv., Ms. Meena K.P., Adv., Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR Dr. Monika Gusain, Adv., Ms. Ritu Rastogi, Adv., Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR Dr. Monika Gusain, Adv., Mr. S. Harini, Adv., Mr. M. T. George, AOR Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Saurabh Trivedi, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Sharma, Adv., Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Ms. Nupur Sharma, Adv., Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Adv., Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mahara, Adv., M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra,Adv., Mr. Suraj Singh,Adv., Mr. Anmol Rattan Sidhu, Adv., Mr. R.K. Rathore, Adv., Mr. Pratham Sethi, Adv., Ms. Jaspreet Gogia, AOR Ms. Asha Gopalan Nair, AOR Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR Mr. Anil K. Jha, AOR Mr. Jayant K. Sud, ASG Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv., Ms. Sanskriti Pathak, Adv., Mr. B.K. Satija, Adv., Mr. Jayant K Sud, ASG Mr. Himanshu Satija, Adv., Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv., Mr. Sardar Kumar Singhania, Adv., Mr. Sanjay kumar Tyagi, Adv., Ms. Sakshi kakkar, Adv., Mr. Mohammed Akhil, Adv., Mr. A.K. Sharma, AOR Mr. Jayant K Sud,ASG Mrs. Sunita Sharma,Adv., Mr. Mr. B.K. Satija, Adv., Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi,Adv., Mr. Mohammad Akhil, Adv., Mr. Om Prakash Shukla, Adv., Mr. Jayant K. Sud, Ld. ASG, Mr. Anil Hooda Adv., Mr. Harish Pandey Adv., Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv., Ms. Megha Karnawal Adv., Mr. Jitender Hooda Adv., Mr. Shafik Ahmed Adv., Mr. Ajay Sharma Adv., Mr. Piyush Beriwal,Adv., Mr. G. S. Makker AOR Mr. Jayant K. Sud, ASG Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Adv., Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv., Mr. Om Prakash Shukla, Adv., M. B.K. Satiza, Adv., Mr. Mohammad Akhil, Adv., Mr. Himashu Satija, Adv., Ms. Shakshi Kakkar, Adv., Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania Adv., Mr. Rajesh singh chauhan Adv., Mr. Apoorv Kurup Adv., Ms. Priyadarshini Pyiya Adv., Mr. G.S. Makker, Adv., Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Adv., Ms. Sunita Sharma, Adv., Mr. Om Prakash Shukla, Adv., Mr. Mohammad Akhil, Adv., Mr. Himashu Satija, Adv., Ms. Shakshi kakkar. Adv., Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv., Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, Adv., Ms. Priyadarshni Priya, Adv., Mr. Anil Hooda, Adv., Mr. Saraswat Parihar, Adv., Ms. Megha Karnawal, Adv., Mr. Sarad kr. Singhania, Adv., Mr. G.S. Makker, AOR Mr. Randeep Sachdeva, Adv., Mr. Kartik Jasra, Adv., Mr. Harish Nadda, Adv., Mr. Adit Khorana, Adv., Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv., Mr. Jitender Hooda Adv., Mr. Shafik Ahmed Adv., Mr. Ajay Sharma Adv., Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. B. V. Balaram Das, AOR Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Ishaan Borthakur, Adv., Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv., Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv., Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv., Mr. Akshay C Shrivastava, Adv., Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv., Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv., Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv., Ms. Shewtal Shepal, Adv., Mr. Risvi Muhammad, Adv., Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. C. Aravind, Adv., Ms. C. Rubavathi, Adv., Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv Ms. Anu Upadhyay, Adv., Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv., Mr. Akash Singh, Adv., Ms. Preeti Singh, Adv., Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv., Mr. Arpit Parkash, Adv., Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Tanmaya Agarwal, AOR Mr. Wrick Chatterjee, Adv., Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv., Mr. Ashish Ranjan, Adv., Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv., Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv., Mr. Wahengbam Immanuel Meitei, Adv., Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. P.S. Negi, Adv., Mr. S.R. Kochar, Adv., Mr. Upendra Mishra, Adv., Mr. K. V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv., Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv., Mr. S.C. Verma, Sr. Adv.,/Adv Gnl. Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR. Mr. Anvit Seemansh, Adv., Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, AOR Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv., Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Ms. Anindita Pujari, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Srivastava, Adv., Mr. Azad Bansala, Adv., Mr. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv., Mr. Mohit Kaushik,Adv., Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AAG Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Addl. Standing Counsel Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv., Ms. Aastha Shrestha, Adv., Mr. P.S. Sudheer, Adv Mr. Beenu Sharma, Adv., Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR Mr. Vivek Gurnani, Adv., Mr. Shoaib Alvi, Adv., Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv., Mr. Rakshit Jain, Adv., Mr. Vishal Bansal, Adv., Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv., Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv., Mr. P. V. Yogeshwaran, AAG Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Satish Pandey, AOR Mr. Akbar Ali,Adv., Mr. Mamohan Sharma,Adv., Mr. Harendra Kumar Sharma,Adv., Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv., Mr. Anand Kr. Dubey, Adv., Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv., Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha, Adv., Mr. Simanta Kumar, Adv., Ms. Rajlakshmi Singh, Adv., Mr. Sunil Saraogi, Adv., Mr. Varun Singh, Adv Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Mahfooz A. Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv., Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Adv., Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv., Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv., Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Adv.
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ORDER :

1. Human rights jurisprudence in India has acquired a constitutional status and sweep, owing to the full potential breathed by this Court into Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India since Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India, (1978) 1 SCC 248. The constitutional regard for human decency and dignity has been explicitly incorporated into Article 21 by this Court. While expounding on the scope of the right to life under Article 21, this Court in Francis Coralie Mullin v. Administrator, Union Territory of Delhi, (1981) 1 SCC 608 extended the meaning of the right to life beyond the protection of limb or faculty to include the right to live with human dignity and all that goes along with it, namely, the bare necessities of life such as adequate nutrition, clothing and shelter and also the right to carry on such functions and activities as constitute the bare minimum expression of the human-self. Needless to say, this basic protection of human decency and dignity extends to sex workers and their children, who, bearing the brunt of social stigma attached to their work, are removed to the fringes of the society, deprived of their right to live with dignity and opportunities t

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