Section 8: Previous actions of social boycott to be void.

The Maharashtra Protection of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016State Act of Maharashtra · Act 44 of 2017

(1) Any action of social boycott, on the date of commencement of this Act shall, with effect from the date of such commencement, be void and be of no effect.

(2) Any Caste Panchayat, which imposes or cause to impose social boycott shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 4 and shall be liable to be punished under section 5.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Maharashtra Protection of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016
Section	8
Marginal note	Previous actions of social boycott to be void.
Jurisdiction	State of Maharashtra
Status	In force as published by the source

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The Maharashtra Protection of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Red… is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.