Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

WOMEN‘S HAPPINESS A FARFETCHED DREAM: A CASE ON THE HEGEMONY OF KHAP PANCHAYATS

Ritupriya Gurtoo

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Khap Panchayats connotes an institution which controls a particular area where it has supremacy either in the name of the clan or the gotra. Till today; they continue to have a caste based society where notion of otherhood, marriage within the gotra, women as a custodian of honour still prevails. Their feudal mindset of strong kinship does not allow people of their community to take a decision contrary to the ideology of the Khaps. Their authority has become crucial to the degree that they wrangle with political parties and nowadays they have become disreputable for their rough-edged laws and rudimentary punishments, especially against women. Khap Panchayats wield much more power than the statutory Panchayats in the Northern states like Haryana, western U.P and often order harsh castigatory measures against women.. They are often accused of donning the role of upholders of Culture and guardians of public morality.

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WOMEN'S HAPPINESS A FARFETCHED DREAM: A CASE ON THE HEGEMONY OF KHAP PANCHAYATS, RITUPRIYA GURTOO GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-6 | June-2019

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