HONOR KILLING

: A Curse On Civilized Society

INTRODUCTION

 Honor killing is defined as the death that is “awarded”

mainly to the women of the family for marrying within
the same gotra or outside one’s caste or marrying a
cousin from different caste.
 According to Amnesty International usually women are
the victims of the honor killings but men are also may be
killed in the name of honor killings.
 Honor killing is more prevalent where a member of a
lower class (social status or wealth status marries to a
person of relatively higher class.
HISTORICAL ASPECT

 The practice has its reference dating back to the Pre-

Islamic era.
 Partitions years of India can be seen as the beginning
of the tradition of Honor killing on a large scale.
 Mass numbers of Honor killings were witnessed
during the years of 1947 -1950 when many women
forcefully killed so that their family honor could be
preserved.
HONOR KILLINGS IN INDIA

 Most of the cases of Honor killings have been found in the

Northern India, like in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and
Bihar.
 More than thousand young people in India are murdered every
year in Honor killing but only few come up to lime light.
 In Shivangana, Northern India, Megala and Sivakumar were
not allowed to marry reason been stated that they were
related. She eloped Sivakumar ten days after her wedding.
Couple was traced killing Sivakumar with sickles. Killers
included Megala’s father and brother.
MAIN CAUSES OF HONOR KILLINGS

 India is home to innumerable castes and sub-castes

mutually conflicting due to their peculiar notions of
purity of blood and occupation.
 Absolute prohibition of mixed marriages is the
prominent characteristic of caste system.
 “Khap Panchayat”- A catalyst in honor killing. Khaps
enjoy hegemony over 84 villiages.
ACTION TAKEN BY INDIAN GOVERNMENT

 Group of Ministers(GoM) have been appointed by the

government which is considering the amendments of IPC,
of 1866, Special Marriage Act of 1954, and Evidence Act
of 1872.
 Union home minister P. Chidambram and Haryana C.M.,
B.S. Huda along with legal experts of the government say
that anybody involved in Honor killing can be booked
under section 302 IPC, likewise, the planning and
conspiracy of honor killing can be covered under section
120b, IPC (criminal conspiracy) and section 34 of IPC.
CONCLUSION
 It is very unfortunate that caste system in India has
turned into a social evil. Many young people have
already lost their lives and many are at the gun point of
this rigid system.
 There is a need to liberate and emancipate them from the
shackles of ancient law, traditions and customs.
 Parents should change their mentality regarding to
marriages and they should accept their children as they
are.
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THANK YOU
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¡¡LET’S STOP HONOUR KILLINGS,

THERE IS NO HONOUR IN
KILLINGS¡¡