Dalit Woman petitions SC against Khap Panchayat’s orders to rape her and sister for brother’s actions

Apoorva Mandhani

29 Aug 2015 2:13 PM IST

  • Dalit Woman petitions SC against Khap Panchayat’s orders to rape her and sister for brother’s actions

    A Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice J. Chelameswar has reportedly sought response from the Uttar Pradesh Government on a plea against a Khap Panchayat diktat for rape of two Dalit women. The Panchayat had ordered the two sisters to be raped and paraded naked after blackening their faces as retaliation to her brother eloping with a married girl from the upper-caste Jat community.The...

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