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Anti-superstition ordinance promulgated

Updated - August 25, 2013 05:40 am IST - Mumbai:

The anti black magic and superstition ordinance has been promulgated in Maharashtra, four days after the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune. Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan has given his assent to it. Angry protests sparked by Mr. Dabholkar’s murder prompted the Maharashtra government to clear the ordinance. Mr. Dabholkar had drafted the Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Bill over a decade ago, but it repeatedly failed to get through the State Legislature. — PTI

Published - August 25, 2013 12:00 am IST

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