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The fact is that these so called Khap panchayats are doing immoral, antisocial, anti constitutional, and criminal work which should be strongly condemned by the civic society of Haryana and the different institutions of political, social, administrative and legal area should take serios cognizance of this heinous crime.
- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community Ranbir Dahiya 2010
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India's Taliban style-courts better known as the Khap Panchayats on Tuesday (April 13), gathered in Krurkshetra, barely 100 kilometres from New Delhi, to protest the historic Khap verdict, where a local court pronounced death sentence to 5 found guilty for murdering Manoj and Babli, who married against the Khap's orders.
Times Now 2010
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The head of a 'Khap' panchayat which had ordered the killing was sentenced to life imprisonment while a driver who had kidnapped them was given seven years jail.
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The meeting denied allegations that the 'Khap' had issued "death warrant" against Manoj and Babli.
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Lan (or was it Khap?) admitted her to Villa Incognito and showed her to Stubblefield's study.
Villa Incognito Robbins, Tom 2003
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Khap panchayats often seem to be trying to stop the advance of the modern world: some khaps have ordered bans on women wearing tight clothing and have even tried to ban the use of mobile phones by people in college or younger, since the devices are tools that couples can use for furtive contact.
NYT > Home Page By JIM YARDLEY 2011
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Khap panchayats often order residents of a village to boycott, whether socially or economically, families whose children defy the marriage custom.
NYT > Home Page By JIM YARDLEY 2011
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Khap leaders contend that their councils create social cohesion and order, while providing speedier justice, in the absence of effective local government.
NYT > Home Page By JIM YARDLEY 2011
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DELHI: Congress may have asked Kurukshetra MP Naveen Jindal to explain his support for Khap panchayats, which demanded a ban on same-gotra marriages, but it has been struggling to control controversies created by
WN.com - Articles related to Moily rules out amending Hindu Marriage Act to accommodate Khaps 2010
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Khap panchayats for amendment to Hindu Marriage Act submit memorandum to Hooda, Chautala ...
WN.com - Articles related to Moily rules out amending Hindu Marriage Act to accommodate Khaps 2010
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