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Social activists and journalists from Shivamogga, who placed the request for a strict instrumentality to halt honour killings, person thanked the State authorities for tabling the Bill and getting it passed successful some Houses of the legislature with the enactment of each different parties.
The Karnataka Freedom of Choice successful Marriage and Prevention and Prohibition of Crimes successful the Name of Honour and Tradition Bill 2026 has been passed by some Houses of the Karnataka legislature. The Bill has been named Iva Nammava, with notation to a vachana by Basavanna, a societal reformer of the 12th century.
Ravikumar N., a writer based successful Shivamogga, during a property league successful Shivamogga connected Wednesday, said that, similar galore radical successful the State, helium was besides disturbed pursuing the execution of a large pistillate allegedly by her begetter astatine Inam Veerapura successful Hubbali successful December 2025. The accused allegedly murdered her girl for marrying a Dalit. “I initiated a statement connected societal media platforms and moved the thought of a instrumentality to halt specified killings. Many people, representatives of assorted organisations, women’s groups, journalists and others responded positively,” helium said.
Later, helium met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah successful Bengaluru and submitted a memorandum, on with a elaborate study connected the honour killings reported successful the State successful caller years. “The Chief Minister took the substance seriously. The members of the cabinet, who were initially of the sentiment that the existing laws were capable to grip specified crimes. However, we met immoderate of them and convinced them of the necessity for a instrumentality circumstantial to honour killing. That resulted successful framing the law,” said Mr. Ravikumar.
Under the existing laws, Ravikumar noted that honour sidesplitting could beryllium classified arsenic modular murders. He highlighted the necessity of addressing these crimes distinctly, arsenic they bespeak the deep-rooted caste hierarchy successful society. He stated, “A abstracted instrumentality promotes consciousness and serves arsenic a warning.”
Journalists Deshadri Hosamane and Ranjith were contiguous astatine the property conference.
