The Supreme Court has modified one of its order on welfare and rehabilitation of sex workers on the Centre's submissions .

Allaying the Centre's fears that it was giving its seal of approval to prostitution, a special bench of justices Altamas Kabir and Gyan Sudha Misra modified its earlier order, saying “the modification shall not be construed that by this order
any encouragement is being given to prostitution.”

Modifying its earlier order, the bench clarified that it would only examine the conditions conducive for sex workers to work with dignity in accordance with provisions of Article 21 of the Constitution.

It added it was keen that sex workers should be given opportunity to avail rehabilitation measures of the government and other agencies for them.

While adjudicating a petition for rehabilitation of former sex workers, the apex court had on July 19, 2011 framed three terms of reference.