Context: Karnataka Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2025, was published in the gazette by the State government on Monday, following assent given by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot.
- The Act, which comes into effect, seeks to prohibit social boycott of a person or a group of persons including their family members, and imposes stringent punishment on the offenders.
- Social boycott has been defined as a gesture or an act, whether oral or written, of any social discrimination.