Khap Panchayats
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Delhi traffic alert! Police issue advisory for new Parliament's inauguration I CHECK routes
Delhi | May 26, 2023, 11:59 PM ISTNoting that many VVIPs and other dignitaries are likely to attend the inauguration ceremony, the Delhi traffic police urged people to plan their journey accordingly and avoid the New Delhi district from 5:30 am to 3 pm.
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Khap interference in marriage of two adults absolutely illegal, rules Supreme Court
India | Mar 27, 2018, 12:34 PM ISTThe ruling came on a plea by NGO Shakti Vahini urging the top court to address the issue of bodies like the khap panchayats issuing dictates and interfering in marriages which does not meet their approval.
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Don’t behave like society’s conscience keeper, SC tells khap panchayats
India | Feb 05, 2018, 11:01 PM ISTA bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said it would set up a high-level committee consisting of senior police officers to deal with issues relating to intervention in marriages by bodies such as khap panchayats.
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Supreme Court asks khap not to behave like society's conscience keeper
India | Feb 05, 2018, 06:05 PM ISTA bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said it would set up a high-level committee consisting of senior police officers to deal with issues relating to intervention in marriages by bodies such as khap panchayats.
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Attacks by khap panchayats over inter-caste marriage 'absolutely illegal', rules Supreme Court
India | Jan 16, 2018, 12:39 PM ISTThe top court said that if an adult man and woman marry, no khap, panchayat or society can question them.
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Haryana CM praises Khap Panchayats
National | May 24, 2015, 08:41 PM ISTKandela (Jind): Heaping praise on Khap Panchayats, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said these groups have always been a significant contributor to resolving social issues and are part of "our traditions".Even today Khaps
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'Customary courts' like Khap panchayats unconstitutional: Law Minister
National | Dec 11, 2014, 02:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government on Thursday termed all 'customary courts' like Khap panchayats as illegal and unconstitutional and asked state governments to check such set up as it was a serious issue.Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda
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Girls' have right to wear jeans, use mobiles: Khap chief
India | Aug 12, 2014, 12:18 PM ISTJind: To use mobile phones and wear jeans is the fundamental right of a girl and no panchayat should put a ban on it, chief of a Khap Panchayat in Haryana has said. Kandela Khap
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Hooda equates Khaps with NGOs
India | Feb 07, 2014, 07:24 PM ISTChandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today equated Khap Panchayats with organisations like NGO, saying that they are part of state's culture. “Khap Panchayats are like NGO as we have Resident Welfare Associations... they
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Khap panchayats in Haryana are not that bad, says AAP leader Yogendra Yadav
National | Jan 13, 2014, 05:12 PM ISTPanchkula (Haryana): Clarifying his stand on khap panchayats in Haryana, Aam Aadmi Party leader Yogendra Yadav has said, khap panchayats “not always did bad things for which they made news”.Supporting their role in society, he
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JD(U) hits out at Khap Panchayats over diktat to women in UP
National | Jul 14, 2012, 06:55 PM ISTNew Delhi, July 14: The JD(U) today hit out at Khap Panchayats over the recent incident of a village Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh issuing a diktat on the movement of women, saying strict action should
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Jat Khaps Demand Ban On Film
Bollywood | Jul 26, 2011, 02:30 PM ISTMumbai July 26: Four days before the release of 'Khap A Story of Honour Killing', based on Haryana's khap panchayats, Khap leaders have approached the Haryana government to ban the film as they feel it