NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 7, 2006: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has directed the state governments to protect inter-caste couples. The court said that states should encourage inter-caste marriages to ensure a casteless society. The Supreme Court gave this ruling while quashing proceedings initiated against an inter-caste couple in Uttar Pradesh, speaking about the tendency to harass and humiliate those in inter-caste and inter religious marriages. SC has also ordered the registration of criminal cases against those who threaten such couples.
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