HC asks police about action taken in honour killing cases

Authorities told to file a fresh affidavit with complete details on the issue

Expressing dissatisfaction over the additional affidavit filed by police department over honour killings in a PIL petition, Telangana High Court instructed the authorities to file a fresh affidavit with complete details on the issue. A bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy, hearing the PIL plea on Wednesday, noted the affidavit filed by the police department was wishy-washy and lacked the precise information it had sought to know. The petition was filed two years ago by Telangana State Bahujan Resistance Forum seeking to declare alleged inaction of police officials to check rising honour killings in the State. The Forum wanted the HC to instruct the State government to comply with the guidelines laid down by Supreme Court in Shakti Vahini vs Union of India in the matter. After perusing the affidavit filed by Additional DGP (Legal) Rajiv Ratan (representing DGP), the CJ said it lacked information the HC had asked for.