Abstract: This study provides a comprehensive socio-legal analysis of the traditional judicial framework governing the Gor Banjara settlements (Thandas). Centered on Nasab—the community’s unwritten, restorative code of customary law—the system traditionally maintained total structural autonomy independent of mainstream state machineries. Through a structured transition, this paper explores the pre-ancient tribal courts, the severe disruption caused by colonial legislative frameworks, and the contemporary paradigm shift adapting ancestral restorative values to the Indian constitutional...
Keywords: Gor Banjara, Thanda Judicial System, Nasab, Restorative Justice, Customary Tribal Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Legal Pluralism
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