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BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Presiding Judge, CJ
Begum d/o Hudsain Saheb Kalawat v. State
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| 1. overview of the case's significance regarding the law. (Para 1) |
| 2. judicial interpretation concerning the implications of prostitution and associated laws. (Para 2 , 4 , 8 , 10) |
| 3. arguments regarding the legality of section 20 as infringing constitutional rights. (Para 3 , 5) |
| 4. court's reasoning on necessity and constitutionality of restrictions. (Para 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 5. final judgment dismissing the magistrate's order found invalid. (Para 14 , 15 , 18) |
1. These revisional applications have been referred to the Bench as they involve the important question of the vires of S.20 of the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956 . In all these cases the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Sholapur Division, has directed that the petitioners who are alleged to be prostitutes should remove themselves from the town of Barsi and that they should go to Osmanabad Via Yedshi within three days from the date set by him.
2. Now, S.20 of the Act enables the Magistrate to record the substance of the information received and issue a notice to the woman or girl residing in or frequenting any place within the local limits of his jurisdiction to show cause. Sub-s.(3) says that if
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