The
chennai high court has dismissed a petition seeking to have a lawsuit against a massage centre
sex worker dismissed. The Willow Spa massage parlour in Anna
nagar,
chennai, was raided by Anna
nagar police after a complaint that a
sex worker was working inside. Four persons were charged, including the owner,
hema Juvalini.
hema Juvalini filed a motion at the
chennai high court to have the lawsuit dismissed. The
high court then issued an interim injunction barring the
police from conducting any further investigations.
The
police have filed a petition to have the temporary order imposed in
january 2021 overturned. The
petitioner did not contest the charge against him in the ruling issued by Judge
jagadish Chandra hearing the case, except that he blamed the
police and the tables turned upside down.
The judge also acknowledged Hassan Mohammed Jinnah, the state's chief
criminal prosecutor, who contended that the 1987
government decree also provided
local police officers the authority to investigate such charges, and that the
police inspector's probe was not unconstitutional. The judge dismissed
hema Juvalini's plea, stating that the matter could not be dismissed because the trial was still ongoing.