HUMAN TRAFFICKING: NATIONAL LEGAL PERSPECTIVE

Prathap Reddy. K*1,

Affiliations
*1
Research Scholar, Department of Political Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007. Telangana, India.
ABSTRACT

Human trafficking mostly of women and children in India is a matter of great concern. In the last few
decades human trafficking has become a worrying phenomenon in India. India is considered as source,
destination as well as a transit country for victims of trafficking in human beings, forced labour, fake
marriages and migrant smuggling. It is a grave violation of the well-defined fundamental and human
rights of the victims. Human trafficking is considered as a part of the serious well organised crimes of the
present day which transcends cultures, geography and time. Therefore, this paper comprehensively
discusses the national perspective of the problem of trafficking in human beings. It also makes an analysis
of the working of various national laws relating to the human trafficking. Most importantly, this paper
will throw light on the various Constitutional provisions relating to human trafficking, the Justice Verma
Committee Report of 2013, the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013. It further checks the enforcement
and relevance of the various provisions of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to the human trafficking and
Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.
KEYWORDS
Human Trafficking; National; Legal; Perspective; India.
JEL CLASSIFICATION
A3, J0, G4, Y0, Z0.
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