Observing that prostitution, by itself, is neither a criminal offence under law, nor punishable, but its public solicitation is, the Bombay high court set aside lower courts’ orders that detained three women in a corrective home for almost a year. The court ordered that they be released immediately.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/prostitution-not-an-offence-its-public-solicitation-is-bombay-high-court/articleshow/78328692.cms