{"id":31369,"date":"2013-12-25T12:08:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T06:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31369"},"modified":"2013-12-25T12:08:48","modified_gmt":"2013-12-25T06:38:48","slug":"bihar-panchayat-bans-cell-phones-unwed-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bihar-panchayat-bans-cell-phones-unwed-girls","title":{"rendered":"Bihar panchayat bans cell phones for unwed girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/bihar-panchayat-bans-cell-phones-unwed-girls\/gg-5\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31370\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31370\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bihar-panchayat-bans-cell-phones-unwed-girls\/gg-5\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/gg3.jpg?fit=236%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"236,160\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/gg3.jpg?fit=150%2C101&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/gg3.jpg?fit=236%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31370 alignright\" alt=\"gg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/gg3-150x101.jpg?resize=150%2C101&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/gg3.jpg?resize=150%2C101&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/gg3.jpg?w=236&amp;ssl=1 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A village council in Bihar has banned the use of mobile phones by unmarried girls, said a council member on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was taken Tuesday evening at a meeting of Somgarh panchayat (council) in West Champaran district.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 260px;\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The panchayat also threatened to impose heavy fine on the girls&#8217; families if they violated the diktat, said Zakir Ansari, husband of the village council head.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Decision was taken with approval of hundreds of villagers,&#8221; said Ansari who works as the de facto head.<\/p>\n<p>He said all families have been told to ensure that the decision is not violated.<\/p>\n<p>However, Bihar Panchayati Raj Minister Bhim Singh said that a panchayat has no right to impose ban on the use of mobile phones by girls or prevent them from keeping mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If girls or any one from the village lodges a complaint in this connection, the government will initiate action against the decision taken by the panchayat,&#8221; Singh said.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first such case in Bihar.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, a village council in Aurangabad district banned the use of cell phones by school students and told girl students not to wear &#8220;provocative&#8221; dresses.<br \/>\n(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A village council in Bihar has banned the use of mobile phones by unmarried girls, said a council member on Wednesday. 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