Even before this, there have been cases against him for mistreating two more women… I am grateful to the Haryana Women’s Commission for impartially hearing the case,” she said.Haryana Agriculture Minister J.P. Dalal said the government has received the recommendations but it’s the police that has the authority to probe the criminal charges.“Hisar police has been given a free hand in this regard.

A village less than three hours from Delhi does not let its girls and young women wear jeans or use mobile phones. A village in Uttar Pradesh has announced a fine of Rs 21,000 for women seen talking on the mobile phone in public - which, astonishingly, has been listed as a "crime" along with drinking, gambling and cow slaughter. It held several meetings and tried to mobilise other khaps as well, she said.“The things that the khap panchayat said about me are deeply painful.

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Haryana police to provide security to a newly-wed couple against whom a 'khap panchayat' in Faridabad has issued diktat for having an inter-caste marriage.

A woman accused of having an affair was dragged out of her home in Bengal's Murshidabad on Sunday and humiliated by a group of 50 villagers who ordered her husband to chop off her hair.

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Accusing Sarv Jat Khap Mahapanchayat (SJKM) chief Nafe Singh Nain of dividing the society, representatives of the Punjabi community on Monday demanded that a case against him be registered for "anti-national" activities. They are investigating the matter as per law and relevant sections of IPC. A young Dalit woman has moved the Supreme Court against a Khap Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh for issuing diktat that she and her sister be raped and paraded naked in their village as revenge for their brother’s action of eloping with a married girl from the Jat community. You can check some of it This comes with a sizable cost. It held several meetings and tried to mobilise other khaps as well, she said. Amid a simmering row between the Delhi government and its bureaucrats, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday shot off a terse letter to Lt Governor Anil Baijal, equating the IAS officers' association with a "khaap panchyat", and attacked him for "backing" its "fatwa" to boycott official meetings with AAP ministers. “The things that the khap panchayat said about me are deeply painful.

Khap Panchayat is a decentralized, localized and community-based institution that delivers justice efficiently and in a cost-effective manner.

The matter has since got escalated with the Haryana Women’s Commission demanding action against Singh and a member of Binain khap panchayat for allegedly making “lewd remarks” about Phogat.Speaking to ThePrint, the BJP leader said a “malicious propaganda” was being spread against her on social media.

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1 to be taken by the groom as dowry from a girl’s family.Shanti Bhushan, one of the founder leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Sunday blasted party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal saying the Delhi chief minister was running the party like a kha Khap Panchayat is once again in news for wrong reasons. The Panchayat was held to sort out the matter of dowry which a boy's family demanded from the girl's family.No third child after the birth of two daughters and only Re.

After the thrashing incident, Binain Khap, one of the state's prominent caste-councils, had given the state government an ultimatum to arrest Phogat in a week.

Khap Panchayat is once again in news for wrong reasons.

Explore more on Khap. A young Dalit woman has moved the Supreme Court against a Khap Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh for issuing diktat that she and her sister be raped and paraded naked in their village as revenge for their brother’s action of eloping with a married girl from the Jat community. Who will listen to us?”The BJP leader, who unsuccessfully contested against senior Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi from Adampur in the 2019 assembly polls, however, said she had her party’s support.She said Karnal MP Sanjay Bhatia, who probed the case for the party, supported her along with other leaders.

Sultan Singh has been accused of many corruption charges. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday called the Election Commission a "Khap Panchayat" and raised questions over new Chief Election Commissioner O.P. A village less than three hours from Delhi does not let its girls and young women wear jeans or use mobile phones. It will take just a few seconds of your time. Vinod Kapri, director of forthcoming political satire “Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho”, is seeking police protection after receiving death threats from a Khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh. ‘Why no female khap?’ Haryana BJP leader Sonali Phogat wants action against...Your support will define our journalism, and ThePrint’s future. It held several meetings and tried to mobilise other khaps as well, she said.“The things that the khap panchayat said about me are deeply painful. As you may have noticed, we do not flinch from spending whatever it takes to make sure our reporters reach where the story is. Her behaviour was not acceptable. It is likely that you are also hearing of the brutal layoffs and pay-cuts hitting the industry. BJP leader Sonali Phogat on Thursday batted for active participation of women in Khap Panchayats or caste-councils, saying she will like to work to see it happen. “The things that the khap panchayat said about me are deeply painful. Amid a simmering row between the Delhi government and its bureaucrats, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday shot off a terse letter to Lt Governor Anil Baijal, equating the IAS officers' association with a "khaap panchyat", and attacked him for "backing" its "fatwa" to boycott official meetings with AAP ministers.