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 strive by the Indian wrestler to counsel that Khap Panchayat can someway have the similar binding, licensed 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 licensed selections. After she said this, she went on to talk regarding the Khap and elders making the selection sooner than the Supreme Court, which they’ll adhere to.

On Thursday (May 4), the Supreme Court wrapped up the petition filed by three women 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 searching for registration of an FIR in opposition to Singh. It well-known that the goal of the plea had been served with Delhi Police registering an FIR inside 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 normally 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 said.

It should be talked about that Khap Panchayats have normally been inside the data for the mistaken causes, along with makes an try to 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 often called off after Sports Minister Anurag Thakur formed a committee to research the matter.Following the current wrestlers protest, Delhi Police filed FIRs in opposition to Singh primarily based totally on the complaints of seven athletes.

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