Action taken in Cases of Honour Killings
As per information provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), collection of data on honour killings has started since January, 2014 on monthly basis. A total of 18 cases were registered under Honour Killing during 2014. Hence there is no available data for last three years.
“Police” and ‘Law and Order’ being State subjects under Constitution of India, no centralized information on action taken on each of the cases is available.
Acting on the 242nd Report of the Law Commission on “Prevention of Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances (in the name of Honour and Tradition)”, the Ministry of Law and Justice has taken up State-level consultations to prepare the final contour of the bill named "The Prohibition of Interferences with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliance Bill".
The Ministry of Home Affairs had issued a detailed advisory on crime against women dated 4th Sept., 2009, to all the States and Union Territory
Administrations wherein the States have been directed to conduct a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of their law and order machinery in tackling the problem of violence against women and to take appropriate measures aimed at increasing its responsiveness to such violence. Para XXX (30) of the advisory specifically advises to take Special steps to curb the ‘Violation of Women’s Rights by so called Honour Killings, to prevent forced marriage in some northern States, and other forms of Violence’
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in a written reply to Shri D. Kupendra Reddy in the Rajya Sabha today.
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