Honour Killings in India: Need For a Composite and Strict Legal Framework
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Sometimes when a particular society bases itself upon an ideology no understanding can be expected when few individuals stand in its way. It is when under certain circumstances, ranging right from utilizing unacceptable dress codes to inter-caste marriages, dishonour is perceived to have been incident upon the family, clan or community. Tension arises basically because certain values are inhibited within the very being of the culture being followed by the family and community concerned and any clash with the same leads to ballistic consequences. This leads to an incidence of ‘Honour Killing’ (or Customary Killing) by the perpetrators who believe the victim to have brought dishonour merely on the basis of beliefs and assumptions.By this paper, the author aims to observe as to what is the history of this issue and is there any rationale behind providing it the name of ‘moral vigilantism’. The author would try and reflect as to how and for what reasons this heinous crime found its roots in India and lastly but most importantly by discussing various case-studies author would reflect upon the dire need to provide a strict and concrete legal framework.
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Sneha Singh
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