Gaurav Jain v. Union of India, AIR 1997 SC 3021 Table Of Contents FACTS IN BRIEF Coming as a public interest litigation, the petition was filed by a public spirited advocate, Mr. Gaurav Jain, seeking a declaration that prostitutes in India had a (a) right to be free citizens, (b) right not to be trapped again, and (c) the right of readjustment by economic empowerment, social justice, self sustenance, equality of status, dignity of person in truth and reality and social integration. Earlier in a similar case (Gaurav Jain v. Union of India, 1990 Supp SCC 709) the Court had not accept the plea for hostels of children of such prostitutes, though it agreed to the view that such children must be segregated from their mothers and environment thereto. Hence the issue addressed in this case was a two-fold aspect, firstly the rights of children of ‘fallen women’ especially girls; and secondly in this process eradication of the prostitution itsel...