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Rape victim beaten on khap order for filing FIR in Chhattisgarh
The accused was arrested and later remanded to judicial custody.
Khap ‘ostracises’ family after daughters perform father’s last rites in Rajasthan
When contacted, community head Chandulal Chandeliya refuted allegations and said he was away from the city.
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 to women.
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.
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 from honour killings.
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.
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.
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.
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.