Khap panchayats are traditional caste-based councils in parts of North India that were historically responsible for social organization but now are known for "honor killings" of couples who marry outside their caste or village. While individuals have the fundamental right to choose who they marry under the Indian Constitution, khap panchayats continue operating as parallel justice systems, resorting to violence and social boycotts against couples and families. There have been few legal challenges to khap panchayats despite their violations of people's rights.

1. Introduction
Khap Panchayat is one of the most famous concept in this modern Era or in
21st century panchayats. The concept of khap panchayat is quite ancient. It is
found in the Indian Society from Medieval period, Khap was a system of
social administration and organization in the republic of Northwestern states
like Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan in India since ancient times.
Today when we discuss about khap panchayat a horrific image of khap
panchayat comes to our mind. These days these panchayats are known for
their wrong deeds or their arbitrary actions. Khap panchayats are self styled
setups that have gained notoriety for resorting to honor killings of young
couples or social boycott of their families for a simple reason that they chose
to marry by choice. Right to freedom of life and liberty are the basic
fundamental rights enshrined in our constitution. Rarely has anyone spoken
against the khap panchayats inspite of their brutal misdeeds let alone anyone
coming forward to register a case against them. The court must set a
precedent and uphold the prosecutions plea by ordering death sentence to
guilty members of the khap, which run as parallel kangaroo courts in our
constitution khap panchayat is a cluster of villages united by caste and
geography. It is as old as 14th century started by upper caste jats to
consolidate their power and position. The main rule is that all boys and girls
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