TRIBAL NATURE OF LAW AND JUSTICE : HE KEBANG AS A LEGAL SYSTEM OF THE ADI TRIBE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH
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Society cannot progress until and unless there is a system for the adjudication of Justice among them. Without it, anarchy would prevail and there would be absolute chaos in the society. In the context of Arunachal Pradesh, the Adi tribe had their own system of dispensing justice among themselves since time immemorial. Even before the coming of modern courts, the administration of justice was carried out by the village councils known as Kebang according to their Customary Law for generations. Therefore, the paper attempts to highlight the function of Kebang as a Legal System of the Adi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh. The paper is descriptive and analytical in nature. It is based on both primary and secondary sources.
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