Customary Law and Women: a study among the Bodos

  Dr. Pranab Jyoti Narzary

Customary law consists of the indigenous customs of traditional communities. Every ethnic group in the North East has evolved its own discrete customary legal system of rules that are binding on its members. Unlike ordinary social habits and observances, the rules carry along with them local sanction for their breach. For the most part, the rules are unwritten, though efforts are now being made to compile them in unwritten form. Customary laws are not uniform across ethnic groups, one place to another place. Difference in the customary laws of ethnic groups can be traced to various factors as language, religion, proximity, origin, history, social structure & economy. In the present paper an attempt has been made to highlight the Bodo customary laws pertaining to Bodo women. Among the Bodos, the folk laws are still maintaining in a sophisticated manner. At present the community has their own autonomous council. The customary laws of the Bodos are looking after by the various social organizations. The customary law and traditional political institutions are recognized under the new system of the council.

Keywords- Bodo, Customary Law, Women, Penance,

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1903135
Page Number(s) - 780-782
Pubished in - Volume 7 | Issue 3 | September 2019
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Dr. Pranab Jyoti Narzary,   "Customary Law and Women: a study among the Bodos", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.7, Issue 3, pp.780-782, September 2019, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1903135.pdf