Maharashtra first state to enact anti-social boycott law
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday gave his assent to Maharashtra government's 'Prohibition of Social Boycott Bill', making Maharashtra the first Indian state to enact an anti-social boycott Bill. It aims to prevent atrocities carried out by extra-judicial courts and panchayats and, will include religious rituals, inter-caste marriage, dress or vocation as reasons for social boycott. 