Overview
- Chief Minister M. K. Stalin announced in the Assembly a commission led by retired Madras High Court judge K. N. Basha to frame measures against caste- and relationship-linked killings.
- The panel will draw on legal experts, sociologists and anthropologists, and progressive thinkers, and will consult political parties, activists, and affected families.
- The state says it will enact a law based on the commission’s recommendations to curb murders linked to caste or so‑called family honour.
- VCK leaders urged a mandated three‑month deadline for drafting a bill and passage in the January session before next year’s elections, but no official timeline has been set.
- The move follows several recent killings in Dindigul, Tirunelveli, and Mayiladuthurai and builds on years of proposals and court guidelines that have not yet produced a dedicated statute.