Uttarakhand HC bans fatwas in state, calls them 'illegal'
The Uttarakhand High Court banned fatwas in the state on Thursday, after a 15-year-old rape victim in the state was asked to leave her village along with her family by the panchayat. The court slammed the panchayat for having the "audacity to extern the family" instead of sympathising with them. It also termed fatwas as "extra-constitutional adventurism" which wasn't permissible.