Panchayat bans love marriage, bars women below 40 from
Lucknow, July 12 A village panchayat in Bagpat district of Uttar Pradesh has banned love marriage, barred women below 40 years of age from going out for shopping and girls from using mobile phones on the streets.
A umbrella body of khap panchayats today unanimously demanded an amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act seeking ban on marriages amongst blood relations as well as people within the same village.