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The State Cabinet connected Thursday approved the Karnataka Protection of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2025, for preventing evil practices of imposition of societal boycott, societal favoritism and societal disabilities astatine assorted levels by caste oregon assemblage panchayats oregon by their members.
The Bill projected prohibition of societal boycott of a idiosyncratic oregon radical of persons, including their household members, and for matters connected therewith oregon incidental.
It said societal boycott of a idiosyncratic oregon radical of persons is simply a usurpation of the cardinal rights enshrined successful the Constitution. It said boycotts and imposition of assorted punishments by extrajudicial bodies specified arsenic caste oregon assemblage panchayats are inactive successful signifier successful assorted communities successful the State, resulting successful large harassment of individuals oregon groups successful starring their lives with dignity. This has adverse effects connected the social life of the community, and has fixed emergence to sick feelings and disharmony successful society.
The Bill projected to region these evils and unconstitutional practices from nine and projected to name the societal boycott prohibition officer. The Bill said existing laws of the State are not capable successful dealing with specified evil societal practices.
Any idiosyncratic who imposes oregon causes to beryllium imposed immoderate societal boycott connected immoderate subordinate of his assemblage would, connected conviction, beryllium punished with imprisonment which would beryllium extended up to 3 years, the Bill said.
Cattle
The State Cabinet approved the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle (Amendment) Bill 2025 for releasing vehicles seized during amerciable proscription connected indemnity bond.
The Bill projected to region “bank guarantee” and insert the words “indemnity bond”. The Bill aimed to amend the 2020 Act, which said that the seized conveyance would beryllium released lone aft depositing the worth of the conveyance successful the slope and a slope warrant is issued.
The Bill aimed to see the High Court ruling successful the matter, and it would beryllium tabled during the Winter league of the State legislature successful Belagavi.
