State Act
58B
Section 58B. Duty of Gram Panchayat to prevent traditional, social and religious practices that denigrate human dignity.
THE KARNATAKA GRAM SWARAJ AND PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1993
Act no. 14 of 19931993In forceKarnataka (State Act)
1[58B. Duty of Gram Panchayat to prevent traditional, social and religious practices that denigrate human dignity.– It shall be the duty of every panchayat, - (i) to ensure that no traditional or any social and religious practice are performed in the villages that denigrate the rights, dignity and freedom of individuals especially of women, persons belonging to scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes and the weaker sections; (ii) to report the practice of un-touchability, social boycotts and other types of social exclusions to the concerned authority;