The Supreme Court in India has cited instances from literature to focus on the traumatic life of prostitutes and the responsibility of governments to help them find an alternative life style.

The Supreme Court has also directed the governments to submit compliance reports periodically so that the actions they take could be monitored and regulated.
The Supreme Court’s mandatory recommendations were made after Budhadev Karmakar was given life sentence for battering a prostitute to death in 1999, in Kolkatta.
More than a decade later comes the recompense, to some measure, these unfortunate women had been waiting for.
Source-Medindia