When hypercriminalization falls afoul of the constitution: the need to rethink the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill 2021

Trafficking is a transnational legal problem that has attracted considerable attention since the adoption of UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. In derogation robust indigenous jurisprudence on forced labour, Indian state has, 2000, imported criminal law model culminating in Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill 2021. This hypercarceral law, relationship which with pre-existing labour laws unclear even as it seeks to abolish sex work. its zeal crack down criminals, provisions violate fundamental principles liability Articles 14, 19, 21 Constitution while casts net wide, threatening freeze sections economy render worker victim who confined rehabilitation homes. The article argues for rethink Bill.