Most Khap elders of West UP with Samyukt Kisan Morcha on protestET spoke to several Khap leaders who supported continuation of the agitation. "The farm laws were brought only last year. The issue of MSP ...
24 Nov, 2021, 07.23 AM IST
'Khaps' of UP's Muzaffarnagar to reach Delhi on Dec 17 to support protesting farmersThe decision was taken at a meeting of the chiefs of "khaps" (caste councils) held on Monday at Shoram village in the Shahpur police statio...
15 Dec, 2020, 04.04 PM IST
Protect couples from khap violence, SC tells CentreThe apex court also told the 'khaps' they cannot become "self-appointed conscience keepers" when there is a law and there are courts to dea...
05 Feb, 2018, 02.23 PM IST
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...
16 Jan, 2018, 12.46 PM IST
Sarv khap demands ban on same gotra marriagesThe meeting was held in Shamli town in which participants also criticised Union Law Minister D V Sadanand Gowda for his statement on khaps.
22 Dec, 2014, 12.37 PM IST
92 Khaps hold the key in Haryana Assembly pollsThese khaps have considerable influence in districts of Jhajjar, Rohtak, Bahadurgarh, Sonipat, Jind, Hisar, Kaithal, Gurgaon, Bhiwani and M...
13 Oct, 2014, 12.12 PM IST
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...
21 Apr, 2014, 09.35 PM IST
Khap mahapanchayat to demand CBI probe in Muzaffarnagar riotsThe khap mahapanchayat in the district has decided to start a movement demanding CBI inquiry into riot cases instead of SIT probing the mat...
10 Feb, 2014, 12.20 PM IST
For Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, khaps are like NGOs, RWAsKhap panchayats are akin to Gurgaon's resident welfare associations. That's the definition of the self-styled caste panchayats given by Har...
08 Feb, 2014, 12.52 PM IST
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...
07 Dec, 2013, 04.01 AM IST
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.
14 Jan, 2013, 06.15 PM IST
- Khap panchayats demand status of Lok Adalats
A Khap Mahapanchayat held has appealed to the Centre & Haryana govt to grant 'Khaps' the status of Lok Adalats as their decisions on variou...
14 Oct, 2012, 06.40 PM IST
Former Haryana CM supports khap's idea of marrying girls at 16 to control rapeHaryana CM Chautala has backed a khap's prescription that child marriage was a deterrent against the rampant cases of rape in the state.
11 Oct, 2012, 08.21 AM IST
- JD(U) president Sharad Yadav attacks Khap Panchayats over diktat to UP women
Such unconstitutional Khap panchayats have openly defied the law of the land by issuing illegal diktats, Yadav said today.
14 Jul, 2012, 04.57 PM IST
- Khap leaders to join Ramdev’s campaign
After facing flak for their controversial decisions on matrimonial affairs, khap leaders from Haryana will be assembling at Delhi on Sunday...
29 May, 2011, 04.27 AM IST
- Khap leaders to seek review of SC direction
Within a week of the Supreme Court's direction to state governments to rein in khap panchayats (caste councils) from issuing illegal diktat...
24 Apr, 2011, 10.39 PM IST
- Jindal’s Khap of woe overflows
Congress has asked Kurukshetra MP Navin Jindal to explain his position on khap panchayats. Mr Jindal had supported khap panchayats for thei...
13 May, 2010, 04.10 AM IST