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Hooda disfavours special provision to deal with honour killings

Hooda disfavours special provision to deal with honour killings: New Delhi,  Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today disfavoured framing of any special provision to deal with the cases of ‘honour’ killing, saying that the existing law is sufficient enough to handle such matters. “Murder is murder, whoever commits (it) with whatever motive. It’s not [...]

Haryana to set up its own human rights commission to prevent honour killings and attacks on Dalits

Haryana to set up its own human rights commission to prevent honour killings and attacks on Dalits: Haryana will soon establish its own human rights commission to prevent violation of human rights like honour killings and attacks on Dalits. “The state government has directed the administration to take necessary steps to establishing our own human [...]

States turn blind eye to honour killing in Haryana

States turn blind eye to honour killing in Haryana: Led by Haryana Chief Minister BS Hooda, the five northern states facing the menace of honour killings, seem to be using the lack of official data to undermine the seriousness of the problem. At a Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting recently, Hooda, however, has absolved the [...]

Khap panchayat Notice to Center Government Haryana India

The Sarv Jaatiye Sarv Khap Mahapanchayat has warned the Haryana government and the Center of intensified protests if a law banning same-gotra marriage was not formulated soon. It has also threatened to call a bandh on November 21 if the state government failed to take adequate action in this regard by then. The announcements came [...]

Court Judgement on Manoj Babli Murder Case on the name of Honour Killing

On March 29, 2010, Kaithal  District court found the accused guilty of murder, kidnapping, conspiracy, and destroying evidence under sections 302, 364,120 B and 210 of the IPC. Then, on March 30, 2010, in a first judgment of its kind the Harayna state, the court announced a death penalty verdict in the double murder  case [...]