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The Karnataka Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2025

The Karnataka Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2025

General202522 sections

The Karnataka Social Boycott Act addresses the violence and discrimination experienced by individuals when religious or caste groups issue collective social bans. It applies specifically to groups referred to as caste panchayats and the individuals they seek to punish through groups of exclusion. This law matters because it prohibits traditional practices that economically and socially ruin people’s lives and obstructs their religious freedom, thereby protecting fundamental human rights against communal coercion.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title and commencement
  3. 2. Definitions.- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
  4. 3. Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Central Act 46 of 2023) or the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, (Central Act 10 of 1994) as the case may be, shall be deemed to have the meaning respectively assigned to them under those enactments.
  5. 4. Prohibition of Social boycott
  6. 5. Punishment for Social boycott
  7. 6. Prohibition on assembling for imposing social boycott
  8. 7. Punishment for aiding or abetting the offence
  9. 8. Previous actions of Social Boycott to be void
  10. 9. Victim to be heard on sentence.- If the accused is convicted, the
  11. 10. Offences to be cognizable and bailable
  12. 11. Magistrate of the first class.
  13. 12. Procedure to be followed upon receiving complaint
  14. 13. Police officer to take action
  15. 14. Power to prevent certain acts
  16. 15. Social boycott prohibition officer
  17. 16. Functions of social boycott prohibition officer.- A social boycott
  18. 17. Compensation to Victim
  19. 18. Act not in derogation of any other law
  20. 19. Framing charges under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
  21. 20. Power to make rules
  22. 21. Power to remove difficulties

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