Searched for
KHAP PANCHAYAT
Maha govt frames rules to curb honour killings, 'khap panchayat' diktats against couples, mob violenceThe GR has directed that police stations across Maharashtra should exercise alertness if an incident of inter-caste or inter-religious marr...- Attack on couples by khap panchayat illegal: SCKhaps are caste or community organisations in villages which at times act as quasi-judicial bodies and pronounce harsh punishments based on...
- Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar feels Khap Panchayats are useful instrument of societyKhaps carry out social reforms and one or two mistakes don't make them wrong as a whole, according to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Kh...
- AAP has become a khap panchayat, all listen to a dictator: Prashant Bhushan"AAP has become a khap panchayat with one leader. There is a dictator in AAP and everybody has to follow him," Prashant Bhushan said.
- Khap leaders join PM Narendra Modi's 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaignA separate campaign to boost the scheme (at village level) will start kick-start on April 18 from Bhiwani in the presence of members of the...
- 'Customary courts' like Khap panchayats unconstitutional: GovernmentLaw Minister D V Sadananda Gowda told Lok Sabha that all 'customary courts', Khap panchayats and kangaroo courts are "against the law and a...
- Khap panchayat allows inter-caste marriagesAmending over 600-year-old norms, a khap phanchayat allowed inter-caste marriages. The panchayat allowed marriages within 42 villages under...
- Khap panchayats are retrograde, can't be part of culture: FM P ChidambaramIn a veiled attack on Delhi CM Kejriwal for his defence of khap panchayats, FM Chidambaram described them as retrograde organisations which...
- Aam Aadmi Party defends existence of Khap PanchayatsThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today defended the existence of the khap panchayats, but said it was opposed to any kind of decision given by the...
- Attempting to correct perception Khap Panchayats on a public relations offensiveA meeting of around 190 khap panchayats from Haryana, Rajasthan and UP will be held in Delhi on Dec 14 in a bid to improve their public ima...
- Khaps' diktat on women's dress & cell phone unlawful: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court today said that Khap panchayats' diktat on dress code for women and asking them not to carry mobile is unlawful.
- Om Parkash Chautala takes u-turn on Khap Panchayats' idea of reducing marriageable ageAfter supporting the idea of Khap Panchayats to reduce the marriageable age of boys & girls, Chautala took a u-turn, denying that he or his...
- Sonia Gandhi condemns khap panchayats and rapes in HaryanaCondemning khap panchayats, "We have a democratic system here, we have (an independent) judiciary. Law is in the hands of judiciary, nobody...
- JD(U) president Sharad Yadav attacks Khap Panchayats over diktat to UP womenSuch unconstitutional Khap panchayats have openly defied the law of the land by issuing illegal diktats, Yadav said today.
- UP government expected to act against Baghpat Khap fatwa: P ChidambaramA Khap panchayat in Baghpat has banned love marriages and barred women below 40 from shopping or using mobile phones outside their homes.
- Khap leaders to join Ramdev’s campaignAfter facing flak for their controversial decisions on matrimonial affairs, khap leaders from Haryana will be assembling at Delhi on Sunday...
- Khap leaders to seek review of SC directionWithin a week of the Supreme Court's direction to state governments to rein in khap panchayats (caste councils) from issuing illegal diktat...
- Congress decries honour killings, mum on khapsCongress has asked the government to deal with these cases of violence and murder with a firm hand.
- Jindal’s Khap of woe overflowsCongress has asked Kurukshetra MP Navin Jindal to explain his position on khap panchayats. Mr Jindal had supported khap panchayats for thei...
- CPM demands law against honour killingsCPM asked govt to enact laws making such killings by panchayats illegal.
Load More
