CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India Code: Maharashtra Protection of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016. Long Title: An Act to provide for the prohibition of social boycott of a person or group of persons including their family members, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Detailed explanation-2: -Any person imposes or causes to impose any social boycott on any member of his community, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment of either description, which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both.

Detailed explanation-3: -Penal Provisions A Collector or District Magistrate/Deputy Commissioner may prohibit an unlawful assembly for the purpose of imposing a social boycott if informed of the likelihood of such an assembly. Social boycott is punishable by imprisonment for up to three years and/or a fine of up to one million rupees.

Detailed explanation-4: -A social boycott is a process of collective refusal of a person or group of people from mixing with others in society. They live on the periphery of society, and these methods deny an individual or group access to opportunities available to other individuals or groups.