New Delhi, May 11: Against the backdrop of increasing instances of diktats being issued by caste councils on marriages involving couples belonging to same sub-castes, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily today said murders in the name of honour cannot be justified.
“You cannot justify murders in the name of honour,” Moily told reporters here.
When asked whether his ministry is working on a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act to ban marriages within the same sub-caste (gotra) as demanded by caste councils or ‘khap panchayats’, he said he has not received any representation or proposal in this regard.
To a question on whether he would look into the demand if he receives such a representation, he said: “As a Law Minister I cannot comment on something about which I have no detail.
–Agencies