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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 231 OF 2010 Shakti Vahini Petitioner(s) Versus Union of India and others Respondent(s) .....To meet the challenges of the agonising effect of honour crime, we think that there has to be preventive, remedial and punitive measures and, accordingly, we state the broad contours and the modalities with liberty to the executive and the police administration of (2013) 14 SCC 672 the concerned States to add further measures to evolve a robust mechanism for the stated purposes.   I. Preventive Steps:- (a) The State Governments should forthwith identify Districts, Sub-Divisions and/or Villages where instances of honour killing or assembly of Khap Panchayats have been reported in the recent past, e.g., in the last five years.   (b) The Secretary, Home Department of the concerned States shall issue directives/advisories to the Superintendent of Police of the concerned Districts for e...

THE RAJASTHAN PROHIBITION OF INTERFERENCE WITH THE FREEDOM OF MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCES IN THE NAME OF HONOUR AND TRADITION BILL, 2019 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS There has been a spurt in illegal intimidation by self-appointed bodies for bringing pressure against Sagotra marriages and inter-caste, inter-community and inter-religious marriages between two consenting adults in the name of vindicating the honour of family, caste or community. In a number of cases, such bodies have resorted to incitement of violence and such newly married couple or persons desirous of getting married have been subjected to intimidation and violence which has also resulted into their being hounded out of their homes and sometimes even murdered. Although such intimidation or acts of violence constitute offences under the Indian Penal Code, yet, it is necessary to prevent assemblies which take place to condemn such alliances as also to punish such acts of violence and criminal intimidation sev...