Criminal Law News Top Law News Honour killings: SC seeks suggestions from parties, ‘khap’ August 22, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today sought suggestions from an NGO, an amicus curiae and ‘Khap Panchayats’ on ways to prevent harassment and killing of young couples in the name of the family honour for inter-caste or intra-clan (gotra) marriages. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud also asked senior advocate […] Read more » Court Criminal news featured honour killings khap panchayats Law Legal News Supreme Court
Human Rights We are against honour killing, dress code for women: Khap to SC February 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Khap panchayats, which have come under judicial scrutiny for their diktats, have submitted to the Supreme Court that they do not pass any order for honour killing and are against any ban for use of mobile phones and wearing of jeans by women. In an affidavit filed in the apex court, Sarvjatiya Sarv Khap Panchayat […] Read more » inter-caste marriage intra gotra marriages judicial scrutiny Khap Khap panchayat diktats khap panchayats lok adalats NGO Sahakti Vahini Sarv Khap Panchayat Sarvjatiya Sarv Khap Panchayat Supreme Court
Top Law News Khap panchayats’ diktats must be ruthlessly stamped out: Apex court April 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday held that diktats by ‘khap panchayats’ (caste councils) — aimed at coercing or committing atrocities on young boys and girls who wish to marry inter-caste/religion — were wholly illegal and should be ruthlessly stamped out. ‘We have, in recent years, heard of ‘Khap Panchayats’ (katta panchayats in Tamil Nadu) which often […] Read more » apex court diktats Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju khap panchayats ruthlessly stamped out
Top Law News Hooda backs khap panchayats on same-gotra marriages June 3, 2010 / June 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Thursday indirectly extended his support to khap panchayats (kangaroo courts) which are demanding a complete ban on the marriages within the same gotra or ancestral lineage. While expressing his views on same-gotra marriages, Hooda said: ‘In my view, marriages in the same gotra are not appropriate.’ ‘Khap panchayats work […] Read more » Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda khap panchayats
