...approached by the couples for their safety and well-being. That apart, prayers have been made to issue a writ of mandamus to the State Governments to launch prosecutions in each case of honour killing and...the victim of honour killing or receive violent treatment at the hands of the family members of the girl when he has fallen in love or has entered into marriage. The collective behaves like a...the Central Government is engaging various States and Union Territories for considering a proposal to either amend IPC or enact a separate legislation to address the menace of honour killing and...

...mere aage”— Mirza Ghalib2. This is yet another case of gruesome “honour killing”, this time by the appellant...: the motive of the crime which has already been mentioned above. In our country unfortunately “honour killing” has become commonplace, as has been referred to in our judgment in...of the appellant. The appellant felt humiliated by this, and to avenge the family honour he murdered his own daughter.7. We have carefully gone through the judgment of...

..., (Subhash Chandra). It is alleged that Ram Naval father of Sunita conspired with other co-accused persons for honour killing of her daughter on account of the fact that she was not agreeable to marry...

...petitioner to safeguard the life of the petitioner and to ensure the recurrence of the honour killing will not witness in the Erode district or any other palce in the State of Tamil Nadu...to safeguard the life of the petitioner and to ensure the recurrence of the honour killing will not witness in the Erode district or any other palce in the State of Tamil Nadu.2. The...

...so far.2. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor has urged the Court to pass appropriate order bearing in mind the incidence of the Honour Killing and considering the factum of the...ratio on the subject of grant of police protection to prevent possibility of Honour Killing or any other serious incident jeopardizing personal safety and security of applicants, application deserves...

...advocate Mr. Saiyed for the petitioner has urged that the petitioner has left her parents out of her own volition. However, she is apprehensive of honour killing by the family, as they are not agreeable to...2006 SC 2522, as there is threat to honour killing. Let the concerned police officer apply his mind and provide police protection. The length of grant of police protection shall be depending on the...

...honour killing in which the deceased had married one Nazmuddin, who was earlier married to another girl. On the exhortation of the applicant, the co-accused Rafi fired on the deceased. Though the...cases of honour killing are becoming a cancer in society but as no role of firing on the deceased was assigned to the applicant and it was assigned to the co-accused Rafi only, hence for this reason...

...made to make it a case of honour killing and therefore, only being uncle of the deceased, applicant has been made accused in the present matter and except the relationship, there is no evidence against...for bail and submitted that it is case of honour killing in which a young girl has been eliminated by her family members and applicant is her uncle but fairly conceded that except the confessional...

...quash the same and to consequently direct the respondent to grant permission to conduct fasting demonstration for insisting the Government for enacting "Act to Prohibit Honour Killing" on 16.08.2025 from...the Government for enacting "Act to Prohibit Honour Killing" on 16.08.2025 from 09.00 a.m. to 04.00 p.m., the present writ petition has been filed. 2.The petitioner...condemning honour killing and to impress upon the Government to enact a legislation in this aspect, and they sought permission to conduct such hunger strike on 16.08.2025. However, the said request was...

...contended that applicant has been falsely implicated for committing honour killing of his sister and making cremation of dead body without autopsy; that it is wrong to say that applicant caused honour...a case of honour killing of sister by applicant upon pouring kerosene on her and putting her on fire to show a case of suicide and without doing postmortem of her body, he performed funeral...killing of his sister for the reason that she was talking someone on telephone; that there is no eye witness of the incident and applicant has been falsely implicated on the basis of hearsay evidence; that...

...the culprits but no action has been taken. It is further argued that the present is a case of honour killing, therefore, the matter needs thorough investigation to unearth the crime and book the...pm is not at all sufficient to accept plea of the petitioner that Simran was killed by her parents or the present case depicts picture of honour killing warranting intervention by this Court in...official respondents to register criminal case regarding killing of Simran by her parents and handing over investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation.As per allegations set up in...

...to kill them in the name of ‘Honour Killing’, the petitioner has approached this Court after giving representation to the second respondent on 23.07.20143. Heard the learned Counsel...accordingly, married. Therefore, the petitioner and her husband should not be harassed based on the complaint given by the petitioner's father. Because of the fear by way of honour killing, the...

...City and sought police protection on the ground their marriage is an intercaste marriage and there may be honour killing. It is his further submission that the complaint given by Aparna was forwarded by...Kaliyaperumal and fearing honour killing they are in hiding. 5. Aparna is not a minor, but, is 25 years old and she got married to the third respondent on her own volition. We are...

...police station. It is the say of the petitioner that they are apprehensive of honour killing and are, therefore, seeking protection from the police. 2. This Court has...care of witness protection. It shall also bear in mind the aspect of honour killing and the decision of the Apex Court in the case of Shakti Vahini vs. Union of India...

...married intercaste which is being disapproved by their parents. Contents of the petition would indicate the disapproval of the marriage of the petitioners and that they may face honour killing in...the fact that there may be chances of honour killing in case of intercaste marriages, ruled that it was the duty of the police to look into such cases and provide police protection to the family members...

...constitutionally protected under Article 21 of the Constitution. The relevant extracts from the judgment are reproduced as follows: "42. … Honour killing guillotines...of honour killing or receive violent treatment at the hands of the family members of the girl when he has fallen in love or has entered into marriage. The collective behaves like a...honour killing. … 39. … The human rights of a daughter, brother, sister or son are not mortgaged to the so-called or so-understood honour of the...

...standalone legislation to combat “Honour Killing” is concerned, the same is still pending with the legislative department and it is proposed to have consultation with the States.2. Para 4...direct the respondents and particularly 3rd and 4 respondents to bring new legislation against the Honour killings; to provide arms to the Scheduled Caste people contemplated Rule 3(1...the Honour Killings as like framed by the Hon'ble Apex Court as Judicial Legislation like, D.K Basu's case, (1997) 1 SCC 416, Vishaka...

...rival submissions and perused the records. The offence of honour killing takes place every now and then. It is not as though there is no honour killing takes place in Tamil Nadu and it is totally...eradicated. It is not in dispute that petitioner is a victim to honour killing, that her husband was murdered for the reason that he belongs to Scheduled Caste and petitioner belongs to Most Backward Caste.... Now, the scope of starting Sankar Social Justice Trust and for organizing present meeting is to disseminate information against honour killing and also to promote inter- caste marriage. It is a...

...thus both apprehend becoming victims of honour killing arising from alleged societal indignation faced by respondent No. 5-Bharat Singh and his parents.2. Reliance is placed on the...

...volition. 2. It is urged that petitioners' live-in relationship has invoked ire of relatives of petitioner No. 1 who may take extreme step of honour killing in retaliation of the...