(a) whether recently the Supreme Court has directed the administration and police
throughout the country to protect the couples of inter-caste marriages from
harassment and violence;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the action taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND
EMPOWERMENT (SMT. SUBBULAKSHMI JAGADEESAN)
(a) to (c) Yes, Sir. In WP (Criminal) No. 208 of 2004 in the matter of Lata Singh vs.
State of UP and Anr., the Hon`ble Supreme Court has directed the administration and
police authorities throughout the country to see to it that, if any boy or girl, who is a
major, undergoes inter-caste or inter-religious marriages with a woman or man who is
a major, the couple are not harassed by any one nor subjected to threats or acts of
violence, and any one who gives such threats or harasses or commits acts of violence
either himself or at his instigation, is taken to task by instituting criminal proceedings
by the police against such persons and further stern action is taken against such
persons as provided by law.