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The Shadow of Caste: Judicial Reflections on Honour Killing and Institutional Complicity in Tamil Nadu

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July 3, 2026

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By Samridh Chaturvedi, JURIST Correspondent On June 11, 2026, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court delivered a judgment in Saravanan v. The State of Tamil Nadu (Crl.A(MD) No. 277 of 2026) that transcended the standard procedural boundaries of a…