Overview
- The draft targets honour killings and other violence linked to objections over marriages and social customs.
- The latest version proposes a minimum five-year prison term for those found responsible for honour killings, according to reports.
- The proposal began in January under a different title and was later revised and renamed after a Basaveshwara Vachana that urges inclusion.
- Following Cabinet approval, the measure remains at the draft stage pending introduction and debate in the state legislature.
- In the same meeting, the Cabinet approved the Karnataka Advertisement Policy, deferred a decision on the State Education Policy, and okayed only an international cricket stadium at Anekal from a larger sports-village plan.