HONOUR KILLING IN INDIA, A PSYCHO-SOCIAL DISORDER

The ancient curse of honour killing is still now exists in society, where a person killed by their own family to save the honour of the family, most of honour killings happen during a marriage between different castes, religions and income gaps. Today society subjugates the technology of the 21st century but cannot in terms of caste, class and religion. The discrimination of caste, class, religion and gender, we read in different Epics. The occupation has been selected through the Barna system though today it is totally abolished from society but in the case of marriage, it has existed. The cause of honour killing is a concept of patriarchal society, inter-caste marriage, and khap panchayat as a judicial system where the judicial system is monitored by a leader and his own law and forced to obey. If someone refuses it then he or she will killed according to the leader’s order. Besides this suitable income of the groom, lack of proper education, lack of properly enacted law, and teasing/ insult by someone are the main causes of honour killing. The paper will analyses the basis of secondary data, here describe some honour killing incidents as examples. The study focuses on the cause and effect of honour killing on society, and how to reduce this type of through changing the mindset of people, though it is very tough but it can be done gradually. It is too time time-consuming process, but the study helps to reduce superstition in the human mind.