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Khap Panchayats : An Overview
| Leave a CommentINTRODUCTION In India, the Panchayati Raj system was introduced with the aim of decentralization and democratization. Yet there remain certain mysteries. Khap Panchayats, the self proclaimed courts of caste lords in a village, enjoy full legitimacy and authority among the section of their caste as custodian of honour. It is through them that most regressive […]
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