Social Boycott

President Pranab Mukherjee signs act making social boycott a criminal offence in Maharashtra

Diktat for social boycott issued by caste panchayats has become a crime punishable with jail term up to seven years and penalty that can extend to Rs five lakh in Maharashtra, a first in the country

Triple talaq row: Muslims resorting to the practice will face social boycott, AIMPLB tells SC

Muslims resorting to triple talaq will face "social boycott" and an advisory will be issued to the qazis (judge of a Sharia court) that they should tell the grooms that they will not resort to such a form of divorce, a prominent Muslim body told the Supreme Court on Monday.

Triple talaq row: AIMPLB presenting social boycott as solution reflects its privilege

Both Salim and Hasina Khan, founder-member of Bebaak Collective, an umbrella of Muslim women’s groups that has previously criticised both triple talaq and the AIMPLB’s patriarchal statements

UP woman who refused to accept triple talaq over phone attacked with acid by in-laws

A Muslim woman, who refused to accept talaq from her husband over the phone, was assaulted and attacked with acid by her in-laws in Neuria area of Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.

Maharashtra sets example, to become first state to make social boycott a criminal offence

Maharashtra set to become the first state in India to pass a law making social boycott a punishable offense.

Order to end social boycott of Dalits in Harayana village would be ineffective, says SC

The Supreme Court on Friday said that it cannot pass an order to end alleged social boycott of the Dalit community in violence-hit Mirchpur village in Haryana as it would be an "ineffective" one.