Overview on Honor Killing in India

Abstract

India is a democratic state so we can always proud of it. Though, the marriage culture remains stable. Families made their Marriages tend to be a holy sacrament. Sometimes women choose their life partner according to their wish. In that situation so many interruptions are their as caste, religious group and old protectors of the society. so women become helpless. These type of people, killing the women in the name of honor. Furthermore, we can see how the feudalism and patriarchy is rooted in our society. In this background, So many cases of honor killings are not yet registered still now. This type of killings is justified by the societies, so that the perpetrators are not punished. Here in the honor killing mostly the victims are women only. Most of the girls are killed by their family members. This implies that strict laws should be amended for this type of shameful practices. ‘‘We need freedom to take action against this type of social evil like honor killing’’