As Lawyer For Human Rights International Filed a case in Punjab and Haryana High Court for abolishing Khap panchayats and verdicts passed by them.
I am here very surprised that people gives more regards to a Judge with written and almost static rules, Even some of them made by British during Raj, and appointed by Government and not to a jury consist of themselves in Khap Panchayats.
Is this because the Govt. Sponsored Judicial system is reinforced with Police Force?
Is it Khap panchayats verdicts are TUGALKI and what a Judge pass is a direction?
Why not a well respected and good khap panchayat, which resolve matter faster than any so CALLED FAST TRACK COURT can do, better than our Judicial system?
I find some advantage of khap panchayat.
1. They are having a jury from common man which have thorough knowledge of issue, both parties and implication of the crime and its verdict. Our Judicial system are only see the instance with the help of written and solid Proofs and that also is the interpretation of the Single so called Meritorious person. He bears no implication of crime and verdict he would pass.
2. The matter is resolved free and speedily. And you know about our judicial system, even most of time you never met with the verdict.
3. As the verdicts are not based on written book they are much more practical.
But than why are they getting so much negative publicity.
1. Our judicial system can’t afford a Khap panchayat as they makes them feels under power in that case. This is honor issue for our judicial system. Our Judges of Judicial system are such a Nobel person that according to them a common man can’t do justice in Khap panchayats.
So not only there is no support from our judicial system they even want to destroy this parallel system.
2. Fast results also make the defending party unhappy in many cases. They knew that they can go in court where the verdict can even take a life time, so why should respect the Khap panchayats verdict. They also know that our judicial system would make the verdict of Khap panchayat VOID in no time.
3. Khap Panchayat is based on social respect and we are less and less interested in that. We only believe in Jail term, monetary problem and social respect and obligation always second to these things.
So we should think about this and should strengthen our Khap panchayat, general panchayat and all type of panchayats which solve our peculiar problem without help from written criminal laws.