{
  "id": 2061456,
  "title": "Immoral Traffic Act sections do not apply to customers, rules high court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/immoral-traffic-act-sections-do-not-apply-to-customers-rules-high",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T02:52:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/immoral-traffic-act-sections-do-not-apply-to-customers-rules-high-court-101787166441563.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Allahabad high court has ruled that a man who visits a brothel as a customer cannot be prosecuted under Sections 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, merely for paying money for personal gratification",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}