Khasi and the father a
non-Khasi, shall be a Khasi of the Kur Jait or clan of
the Khasi mother if and only ... section shall
be a Khasi belonging to such Khasi, Kur, Jait, or clan in
accordance with the prevailing Khasi customs
applicable to such Khasi father
asserts that one whose mother is not a Khasi cannot be a Khasi. A Khasi must have a "Jaid". He says that ... Khasi woman by a Khasi husband cannot be a Khasi. He admits that many Khasis have married non-Khasi women but says that their descendants
learned trial court decided the issue in
negative holding that under Khasi customs no male member
in the family has right to inherit the ancestral ... family, who is
entitled to inherit the ancestral property under Khasi
custom. Moreover, the learned trial court took into
consideration the pleadings made in paragraph
legal marriage between a Non-
Khasi father and a Khasi (Pnar) mother and the social customs ... inheritance and succession is governed by the Khasi Hills Autonomous
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District (Khasi Social Custom of lineage) Act, 1997 which recognizes
Khasi matrilineal system
There is no element of public interest. The Garo customs or
Khasi customs pleaded by the petitioner in the writ petition is
not correct
respondents without proper pleadings
asserted that according to the Garo customs, inheritance of the property is
according to matrilineal system. Shri. VK Jindal, learned senior ... Eastern
Region, Gauhati High Court, Guwahati are quoted hereunder:-
Comparison with Khasi Custom
It is clear from the above that, though like the Khasis
ought to have taken into consideration the age old custom and
tradition prevailing in the Khasi society. Moreover, once the
matter was compromised and under ... Khasi customs, I also pledge to retain our customs
so that our Hima will always stand as an example
for other Khasi Himas.
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That
cohabited with the said
alleged victim as per Khasi customs since the month of March, 2020 and is
living together with his wife and family
Keot in the year 2002 following all the Hindu rites and
customs and out of their wedlock a girl child was born ... married to late
Kulendra Chandra Keot as per the prevailing Khasi customs
known as Shongkha in the State of Meghalaya and as such they
Authority of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council,
Shillong under Section 12 of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Khasi
Social Customs of Lineage ... filed a complaint under Section 12 of
the Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Khasi Social Customs of Lineage) Act,
1997, which had culminated in the impugned
