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VOL. 3, ISSUE 5 (2017)
Relevancy of Khap Panchayat
Authors
Suminder Kaur
Abstract
Khap Panchayats are the self-proclaimed courts which enjoy full legitimacy and authority among the segments of their caste as the custodian of honour. These Panchayats have no constitutional basis and they are not legitimate courts. Under this unconstitutional system, all members crouches around a Chabutara in a village in order to take quick, unilateral and incontestable decision on multiple issues like social transgression, marriage, offences, property rights or regarding situation threatening tranquillity in a village. It is worrying to note that in the time when people make conversation via 3G technology, the Indian society has regressed to the Dark Age. Those living in a Khap are not allowed to marry in the same gotra or even in any gotra from the same village. Many young couples have been killed in the past defying khap rules. This paper is based upon the role of Khap Panchayats and trying to evaluate the position of khap panchayats that how can they come up in the changing modern society.
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Pages:59-67
How to cite this article:
Suminder Kaur "Relevancy of Khap Panchayat". International Journal of Law, Vol 3, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 59-67
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