Khap Panchayat decides sooner than Supreme Court, High Court: Vinesh Phogat

Amidst the continued protests by wrestlers at Jantar Mantar, a video of Vinesh Phogat claiming supremacy of the Khap Panchayat over completely different institutions goes viral on social media.

The video was initially shared on Twitter on Thursday (May 4) by a social media influencer named Ravi Bhadoria. In the video, the Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was heard saying, “Our elders, who represent the Khap Panchayat, have been making decisions before the High Court and the Supreme Court.”

“So whatever the Khap Panchayat decides, we will adhere to it,” she launched. The attempt by the Indian wrestler to counsel that Khap Panchayat can come what may have the similar binding, approved jurisprudence because the higher courts has now stirred an argument.

बात सिर्फ बृजभूषण शरण सिंह जी की होती तब भी ठीक था, हमें पता था वो अकेले भी निपट लेंगे।
लेकिन तुमने तो विपक्ष की गोद में बैठकर मोदी-योगी पूरी भाजपा और सरकार के खिलाफ ही मोर्चा खोल दिया…
उड़ता तीर ले लिया मित्र अब भुगतना पड़ेगा। @BajrangPunia pic.twitter.com/8ZKRi9gPWD

— Ravi Bhadoria (@ravibhadoria) May 4, 2023

In an prolonged mannequin of the video, Vinesh Phogat was heard saying that she respects the selection of the Supreme Court and is exploring all approved selections. After she acknowledged this, she went on to talk regarding the Khap and elders making the selection sooner than the Supreme Court, which they’re going to adhere to.

On Thursday (May 4), the Supreme Court wrapped up the petition filed by three ladies wrestlers after considering the reality that the Delhi Police has registered an FIR in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over alleged sexual harassment.

The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narsimsha, and Justice JB Pardiwala acknowledged that the plea had been filed by the wrestlers in search of registration of an FIR in opposition to Singh. It well-known that the intention of the plea had been served with Delhi Police registering an FIR throughout the case.

Meanwhile, the Khap Panchayat has vowed to affix the demonstration of the protesting wrestlers from May 7, 2023. Last month, the members of the Khap from Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh threatened to call a bandh (strike) if the requires of the protestors often should not met.

“All khap leaders held a meeting and decided to wait for the Supreme Court’s decision before chalking out their further course of action,” the coordinator of Sarv Khap Panchayat Om Prakash Dhankar had acknowledged.

It must be talked about that Khap Panchayats have often been throughout the info for the mistaken causes, along with makes an try and declare inter-caste marriages between consenting adults ‘illegal’ and involvement in honour killings.

The Background of the Controversy

On April 23, ace wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia launched a second spherical of protests in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, alleging he sexually harassed a complete lot of female wrestlers.

The first spherical of protests handed off in January this yr. It was referred to as off after Sports Minister Anurag Thakur formed a committee to investigate the matter.Following the latest wrestlers protest, Delhi Police filed FIRs in opposition to Singh based mostly totally on the complaints of seven athletes.

The entry of politicians throughout the protests and slogans like ‘Modi teri kabar khudegi’ have raised points over the exact motive behind the protests. In completely different info, the AAP-led Delhi authorities has launched that Punia could be appointed as chief sports activities actions advisor. Currently, he is an employee at Indian Railways.