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Extra-constitutional bodies like khap panchayats and village councils have no legal sanctity, but enjoy lot of clout and hence politicians shy away from confronting them

A khap panchayat in Haryanas Jind district has resolved to enforce a ban on the use of drugs in its area of influence.

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday rapped khap panchayats in Haryana for reflecting a "regressive mindset" as she expressed concern over the sliding gender skew against women and the high incidence of female feticide in the state.

The Khap Panchayat under Sampla sub-division in Haryana has recently decided to check social evils spreading very fast in the society. In a meeting of Khatri Khap held at Gijjhi, n

Claiming that the Union government's decision to lower the age for sexual consent to 16 has vindicated their stand, the khap panchayats of Haryana on Friday reiterated the demand for reducing the marriageable age for girls from 18 to 16.

Working in the direction of checking the sale of liquor and other drugs in rural area,Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has slapped a fine of Rs11000 on a village panchayat of home district (Rohtak). The panchayat carried by women, was ...

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has enhanced the inter-caste marriage incentive Shimla: While khap panchayats (caste councils) in Haryana continue to frown on inter-caste and sub-caste marriages and punish those who do so, marrying outside one's ...

Despite being declared unconstitutional by SC, khaps continue to hold sway in parallel with the state machinery Sahil Makkar Inder Singh coordinator of the 24-village Hooda khap, with other khap members. In 2011, the Supreme Court said khap ...

Taking an initiative to root out social evil female foeticide from the society, Haryana Khaps have decided to punish those people at its own level, who are found indulged in female foeticide. The khap will not only impose a financial penalty on ...