same gotra marriages

The Delhi High Court today dismissed as withdrawn a petition seeking amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA) in order to prohibit marriages in the same clan (gotra).

The All Khap Mahapanchayat at Sauram village in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday passed a resolution opposing same gotra marriages.

Pressing ahead with their demand for amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act, the Sarv Khap Mahapanchayat resolved to slap a token fine of "ek aana" on MPs and MLAs if they failed to meet its demand by June 19.

Haryana's notorious khaps are going all out against the same-gotra marriages apparently to divert the attention from their controversial diktats on honour killings based on same-village marriages.

The khap panchayats of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi will soon form a body to discuss issues related to honour killing and same-gotra marriages.

After keeping mum on same-gotra marriages as diktats by khaps spread terror across Haryana, CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda finally bowed before their might, saying he too was opposed to marriages within the same gotra.

A Dalit community panchayat has socially boycotted the family of a youth who eloped with a girl in Dadri town of Bhiwani district.

Hijras (eunuchs) are born when couples from the same gotra get married. This shocking statement came from some angry khap leaders.

With reports of 'honour' killings of young couples and 'kangaroo' court rulings on the rise, government today said it has drafted a law that will seek to put an end to such 'extra-judicial' actions.

An uncle and a friend of the accused in suspected serial honour killings case, who allegedly gave provocative statements justifying the murders, were today taken into preventive custody.

Severe punishment awaits those involved in honour killings as the government intends to bring a law on the matter in the current Parliament session itself, Home Minister P Chidambaram said in Lok Sabha today.

A khap panchayat in Kaithal district of Haryana decided to ease some gotra restrictions for marriages on Sunday.

MPs and MLAs, who represent areas where the khap writ runs, have now been warned that the lawmakers face khap ire if they don't make their stance on banning same-gotra marriages clear soon.

To put pressure on the Centre ahead of parliamentary polls, khap panchayats of six states will hold a national conference in Delhi next month, to demand ban on same gotra and same village marriages.

With their demand for a ban on same-gotra marriages, khaps are once again on the counter-offensive. What else do they stand for? Nandita Sengupta travels to the heart of Haryana's Jatland to unspool their social vision.

The dreaded khaps of Haryana are readying for an image makeover.

Cops said the accused Mandeep, Ankit and Nakul have confessed to killing Monica and Kuldeep and Monica's cousin Shobha in the Ashok Vihar locality of Delhi. The trio had been missing since Sunday.

In a day and age when the Supreme Court is hearing a bunch of petitions on giving legal recognition to same-sex marriages, representatives of khaps, or caste-based community councils, in Haryana have sought that same-gotra marriages be declared illegal under the Hindu Marriage Act in India.

The khap panchayats and their influential political backers seem to have forgotten that in 1945, the issue was settled by the Bombay HC which categorically declared that same gotra marriages were legal.

Bolstering their claim to ban same-gotra marriages, Haryana khaps have blamed these for the skewed sex ratio in the state.

The members of caste councils will stage a gherao of Parliament if the government fails to ban marriages within the same sub-caste, BKU leader Mahendra Singh Tikait has said.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking an amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act to ban marriages within the same gotra (sub caste).

Haryana's khap menace is crossing religious lines and spreading to the formally casteless Muslim community.

Days after prominent Haryana leaders claimed that same gotra marriages were illegal, several Ghaziabad panchayatas have followed suit. In fact, they have gone a step ahead saying "all efforts will be made to separate the husband and wife if they belong to the same gotra".

While the Supreme Court is in the process of reining in the khap panchayats, the leaders of these self-styled kangaroo courts are adamant on the issue of same-gotra marriages.

Congress MP Naveen Jindal, in the eye of the storm for supporting khap panchayats notorious for sanctioning honour killings, spoke exclusively to Manveer Saini and endorsed their sentiments against same gotra/village marriages.

Disturbed by a spate of honour killings and same-gotra marriages in Western Uttar Pradesh, a khap panchayat has prohibited girls from using cellphones.