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Khaps' attacks on inter-caste marriages illegal: Supreme Court

Whenever there is any kind of collective attack on a boy or girl who are adult, it is absolutely illegal.

16 Jan 2018 8:06 PM GMT

Illegal to attack inter-caste marriages: SC slams khap panchayat

The apex court said if an adult man and woman marry, no khap, panchayat, individual or society can question them.

16 Jan 2018 11:53 AM GMT

The family was subjected to the community wrath as we four sisters decided to shoulder our fathers bier as per his last wish, said Meena. (Representational Image)

Khap ostracises' family after daughters perform father's last rites in...

When contacted, community head Chandulal Chandeliya refuted allegations and said he was away from the city.

30 July 2018 9:02 AM GMT

Women entrepreneurs must for India to grow at 9-10 per cent, says Kant

He also pointed to Khap Panchayats of Haryana for not providing adequate opportunity for health, education and nutrition...

16 July 2018 7:54 AM GMT

Unless the states act to bring investigation and trial to a close within four months of a rape incident as is envisaged now, the toughest laws on the statute books are unlikely to be deterrent enough to stop these barbaric crimes. (Representational image)

Girl ostracised for breaking eggs of a bird

A six-year-old girl was expelled from community for accidently rupturing a lapwing's egg in Rajasthan's Bundi district.

12 July 2018 9:05 PM GMT

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Attempt to stop marriages by khap panchayats illegal: Supreme Court

The ruling came on a plea by NGO Shakti Vahini, which had moved the apex court in 2010 seeking protection of couples...

27 March 2018 6:48 AM GMT

The horror stories of sedation, gangrape, torture and murder of inmates of a childrens home in Bihars Muzaffarpur cast light on a ghastly incident that is searing the national conscience. (Representational image)

Rape victim beaten on khap order for filing FIR in Chhattisgarh

The accused was arrested and later remanded to judicial custody.

11 Sep 2018 7:14 PM GMT

The couple chose to leave their home in Halyan village early in the morning and relocated to Bhaderwah Valley Public School to plant trees to celebrate their marriage. (Photo: File)

MP child bride refuses to marry illiterate fiance

The woman had said in her complaint that she has a BSc degree, but her fiance was illiterate.

30 Aug 2017 8:13 PM GMT

The Sangwan khap panchayat in Dadri district of Uttar Pradesh has issued a new range of diktats. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

UP: Dadri khap panchayat prohibits public drinking, celebratory firing

The Sangwan Khap Panchayat has also decreed that girls be encouraged to study and participate in sports.

26 Dec 2016 8:54 AM GMT