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AIDWA hails court judgment

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NEW DELHI : The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has welcomed the Supreme Court judgment on inter-caste marriages and its direction to the authorities to protect the harassed and tortured couples.

Timely action

In a statement, the AIDWA said swift and timely action by police in such marriages would help thousands of such couples."Instances of ``honour killings,'' where panchayats issued decrees to murder or separate those who chose partners outside their community, exposed the extent of the casteist, communal, and feudal notions entrenched in society," the statement said. Quite often, the administrative authorities ignored the barbaric judgments and punishments issued by caste and community-based panchayats, the AIDWA said.

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