Dissertation On Honour Killing In India

Honour Killings: The Law It Is and the Law It Ought to Be

• A socio legal study of honour killing in India with special reference to the state of Haryana: Researcher: Sharma, Nancy: Guide(s): Bhalla, Sangita and Gulati, Jasmeet: Keywords: Discrimination against Women Honour Killing Khap Panchayat Right to Marry Social Sciences,Social Sciences General,Law

• Honour killing is more prevalent where a member of a lower class (social status or wealth status) marries a person of relatively higher class (high social or wealth status). Honour Killing Crimes in India In India “honour killing” can be defined as the death sentenced by family or society members to a man or woman for

• The study depicts that intolerance of the families to the premarital relationships and matrimonial choices of their daughters especially towards inter-caste marriages results into the honour...