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Khap panchayat opposes proposed amendments in honour killings
Press Trust Of India
Muzaffarnagar, July 12, 2010First Published: 15:21 IST(12/7/2010)
Last Updated: 15:24 IST(12/7/2010)
A body representing caste councils of western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana
and Delhi, has said that they oppose the proposed amendments of law to
deal with honour killings and will submit a memorandum to the
President on the issue. The All Khap Panchayat held at Shamli town in
the district last evening, in which the head of different caste
councils from western tter Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi, had decided to
oppose the proposed amendments on honour killings.
"We will also submit the memorandum to the President on July 21. The
future course of action will be decided in the next meeting to beheld
on July 26," Secretary of the All Khap Panchayat Subhash Balian said.
The khap councils has also demanded amendment in Hindu Marriage Act,
1955, disallowing marriages between same gotra.
The government on July 8 had decided to set up a Group of Ministers
(GoM) to suggest changes in the present law and said it felt
"pressured" to move these amendments in the upcoming Monsoon session
of Parliament beginning on July 26.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, also
decided to seek views of states on the "sensitive" issue after it
discussed the matter to some length.
The amendments that have been proposed to aim at bringing honour
killings under the definition of murder by amending the Indian Penal
Code.
It would also seek to amend the Indian Evidence Act which would bring
the onus on Khap Panchayats to prove their innocence in any such case.
The khap panchayat (caste council) or any group ordering honour
killings and any person who carries out the diktat will be jointly
liable for punishment under the proposed legislation.
The Government also plans to do away with the 30-day notice period
under the Special Marriage Act for inter-caste and inter-religion
marriages.
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