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Man Marries Woman From Same Area, Punjab Villagers Thrash His Mother
A mother was beaten in Ghalkalan village of Moga in Punjab after her son had a love marriage with a woman from the same village, which was against an archaic diktat by the village's panchayat.
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Maharashtra Makes Rules To Stop Dishonour Killing, Khap Panchayat Diktats
The Maharashtra government has framed rules to prevent honour killings, 'khap panchayat' diktats, mob lynching as well as violence, and asked the Director General of Police to apprise personnel across the state force of their implementation.
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Ordered To Throw Feast To "Purify" Her, Alleges Rape Survivor's Father
The father of a rape survivor has alleged that the village panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district declared his daughter an outcast after he failed to follow its diktat and throw a community feast that he was told would "purify my daughter".
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Social Boycott Issued By Caste Panchayats Is Now A Crime In Maharashtra
Diktat for social boycott issued by caste panchayats has become a crime punishable with jail term up to seven years and penalty that can extend to Rs five lakh in Maharashtra, a first in the country.
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Families of Eloping Couple Ostracised by Panchayat
A community panchayat has decided to socially boycott families of a couple who had eloped recently in neighbouring Shamli district, police said today.
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Hindu Man, Muslim Wife Hacked to Death in Broad Daylight in Hapur
A young man belonging to the Scheduled Castes and his Muslim wife were hacked to death in broad daylight in Hapur's Fatehpur village - 75 km from Delhi - on Saturday, allegedly by her brother, for defying the diktat of the panchayat and staying married.
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Girls Should Not Wear Jeans or Use Cell Phones: Muzaffarnagar Panchayat's Diktat
On Saturday, a panchayat called by a Gujjar Samaj committee in Muzaffarnagar issued a stern diktat - "Girls should not wear jeans or use cell phones. That should be forbidden in our village."
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10-Year-Old Raped Allegedly On Panchayat Chief's Order
A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour on the diktat of a Panchayat chief in Bokaro district of Jharkhand on Tuesday, the police have said.
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Khaps' diktat on women's dress and cell phone unlawful: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today said that Khap panchayats' diktat on dress code for women and asking them not to carry mobile is unlawful.
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Three Haryana families face social boycott
The families of three men, who eloped with a girl of the same gotra (lineage) and village, are being socially boycotted in Haryana following a diktat by a panchayats (village council).
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Man Marries Woman From Same Area, Punjab Villagers Thrash His Mother
A mother was beaten in Ghalkalan village of Moga in Punjab after her son had a love marriage with a woman from the same village, which was against an archaic diktat by the village's panchayat.
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Maharashtra Makes Rules To Stop Dishonour Killing, Khap Panchayat Diktats
The Maharashtra government has framed rules to prevent honour killings, 'khap panchayat' diktats, mob lynching as well as violence, and asked the Director General of Police to apprise personnel across the state force of their implementation.
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Ordered To Throw Feast To "Purify" Her, Alleges Rape Survivor's Father
The father of a rape survivor has alleged that the village panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district declared his daughter an outcast after he failed to follow its diktat and throw a community feast that he was told would "purify my daughter".
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Social Boycott Issued By Caste Panchayats Is Now A Crime In Maharashtra
Diktat for social boycott issued by caste panchayats has become a crime punishable with jail term up to seven years and penalty that can extend to Rs five lakh in Maharashtra, a first in the country.
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Families of Eloping Couple Ostracised by Panchayat
A community panchayat has decided to socially boycott families of a couple who had eloped recently in neighbouring Shamli district, police said today.
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Hindu Man, Muslim Wife Hacked to Death in Broad Daylight in Hapur
A young man belonging to the Scheduled Castes and his Muslim wife were hacked to death in broad daylight in Hapur's Fatehpur village - 75 km from Delhi - on Saturday, allegedly by her brother, for defying the diktat of the panchayat and staying married.
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Girls Should Not Wear Jeans or Use Cell Phones: Muzaffarnagar Panchayat's Diktat
On Saturday, a panchayat called by a Gujjar Samaj committee in Muzaffarnagar issued a stern diktat - "Girls should not wear jeans or use cell phones. That should be forbidden in our village."
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10-Year-Old Raped Allegedly On Panchayat Chief's Order
A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour on the diktat of a Panchayat chief in Bokaro district of Jharkhand on Tuesday, the police have said.
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Khaps' diktat on women's dress and cell phone unlawful: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today said that Khap panchayats' diktat on dress code for women and asking them not to carry mobile is unlawful.
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Three Haryana families face social boycott
The families of three men, who eloped with a girl of the same gotra (lineage) and village, are being socially boycotted in Haryana following a diktat by a panchayats (village council).
