• PROF.S.SEETHALAKSHMI
• Dr.K.S.ALAKUMARIMUTHU
• PROF.P.KUMARAN
• PROF. K.ELAVARASU
• PROF.K.PANDI

ABSTRACT Honor killing probably occurs in order to protect the family’s honor which they believed that honour has been damaged. Honor killings are pre-meditated and be carried out by parents and family members.Honor violence focuses on the family especially by parents.It is clearly a violence against human dignity and equality.This paper focused on the research questions like, what is the concept of honour killing? . what are the various kinds of definitions to honour killing? What are the factors behind the crime? How it impacts the society at large? This paper based on the various reports and research studies . This article tries to explore the role played by the judiciary in India.This Article further focuses on the discussion on honor killings: what they are, the psychological and sociological rationale behind them, their justifications, and the extent to which they are normative in Indian cultural and customary defence is a growing phenomenon of Indian jurisprudence.

Keywords Honour-Based Violence, Right to life, Right to marriage, Honour , Patriarchal society.

"WHY HONOUR KILLING BE A PARENTAL PERTRAYAL;PROTECT THE FAMILY HONOUR IN THE NAME OF RESTORING THE LOST HONOUR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.615-622, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908C79.pdf

"WHY HONOUR KILLING BE A PARENTAL PERTRAYAL;PROTECT THE FAMILY HONOUR IN THE NAME OF RESTORING THE LOST HONOUR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp615-622, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908C79.pdf