HONOR KILLING FOCUSING ON RELIGION, CASTE AND GENDER
AUTHOR – BALAMURUGAN B* & SREE LEKSHMI B**
* RESEARCH SCHOLAR AT SCHOOL OF LAW, VELS INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED STUDIES (VISTAS)
** RESEARCH GUIDE & ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT SCHOOL OF LAW, VELS INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED STUDIES (VISTAS)
BEST CITATION – BALAMURUGAN B & SREE LEKSHMI B, HONOR KILLING FOCUSING ON RELIGION, CASTE AND GENDER, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 6 (7) OF 2026, PG. 119-123, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
ABSTRACT
THIS RESARCH PAPER IS AN COMPHREHENISVE STRUCTURE OF HONOR KILLINGS IN INDIA WITH HIGHLY INTERSECTED FRAMEWORKS WITH THE RELIGION, CASTE AND GENDER.THIS STUDY CONCEPTUALIZED ON HONOR KILLING DUE TO SOME ACT OF HOMICIDE, OR BY AN COMMUNITY, OR BY SOCIAL CONTROL METHOD TO PRESERVE CASTE ENDOGAMY, REGULATION OF FEMALE SEXULAITY, AND SUSTAINING PATRICHARIAL LINEAGE. THIS STUDY IS HIGHLY CONCENTRATED ON CONSITUTIONAL MORALITY AND SOCIAL MORALITY CONFLICT IN CONTEPORARY INDIA.
ARTICLES 14,15,19,21 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA AND OTHER STATUTORY PROVSIOSNS INCLUDING THE INDIAN PENAL CODE ,SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACTS 1954 ARE ALSO PLAYS A CORDINATED ROLE IN THIS STUDY .SOME OF THE LANDMARK CASES WHICH INCLUDES LATA SINGH V STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH ,ARUMUGAM SERVAI V STATE OF TAMILNADU ,SHNATHI VAHINI V UNION OF INDIA ARE NOTABLE LANDMARK CASES IN THIS STUDY.THIS PPAER ALSO FOCUSES LAW COMMISION REPORTS,POLICY FRAMEWORKS,AND NATIONAL CRIME RECORD BUREAU DATA TO IDENTIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE DEFICIENCIES FOR ADDRESSING HONOR CRIMES .
THE CENTRAL FINIDNG OF THIS STUDY IS ON CASTE AS A PRIMARY KEY FOLLOWED BY THE GENDER. THIS HIGHLY FOCUSING ON THE WOMEN WHO TRAGRESS CASTE AND RELIGIUS BOUNDARIES THROUGH EXERCISE OF MARITIAL CHOICE.IN THIS RESEARCH THE VIOLENCE IS NOT DONE BY AN INDIVIDUAL IT IS DONE BY A GROUP OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND ALSO OTHER SOCIAL FACTORS LIKE KHAP PANCHAYTS REFLECTING COMMUNAL SANCTION RATHER THAN ISOLATED CRIMINAL INTENT.
THE JUDICIARY HAS POSITIONED CONSTITUTINAL MORALITY AS A COUNTER MAJORITIAN PRINCIPLE INTENDED ITHROUGH INTNDED TO DISMANTLE OPPRESSIVE CUSTOMS AND AFFIRM THE PRIMACY OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS PVER COMMUNITY NORMS.THIS PAPER HAS MADE A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES SUCH AS PAKISTAN UNITED KINGDOM,TURKEY AND JORDAN WHERE THE PAKISTAN HAS MADE AMENDMENTS TO ELIMINATE THE”FORGIVENESS LOOPHOLE”,AND TURKEY SAID AS AGGRAVATED HOMICIDE AND UNITED KINGDOM EMPHASIZE ON MULTI AGENCY VICTIM PROTECTION FRAMEWORKS.
THIS STUDY ALSO FOCSUED ON CONSTITUIONAL GUARENTESS OF EQUALITY, LIBERITY, AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGSTIONS UNDER GENDER EQUALITY FRAMEWORKS SUCH AS CEDAW.TO ERADICATE THIS HONOR KILLING WE NEED A STRONG LEGISLATIVE REFORMS, INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY, LEGISLATIVE REFORM, GENDER EMPOWERMENT AND COMMUNITY LEVEL PROTECTION.