The headman of the caste panchayat (council) is called the Kariyakkaran, and his office is hereditary in particular families.
The case would be decided by a panchayat (council).
Each headman has a peon called the Kudi-pillai, whose duty it is to summon the panchayat when necessary, and to carry messages.
The Beri Chettis resort to the panchayat system of administration of affairs affecting the caste, and the headman, called Peridanakkaran, is assisted by a barber of the left-hand section.
If the Perithanakkaran cannot satisfactorily dispose of a case with the assistance of the usual panchayat (council), it is referred to the higher authority of the Kavarai or Desai Setti, or even to British Courts as a last resource.
There is a fourth functionary styled Aghopotina, whose peculiar duty is said to be to join in the first meal taken by those who have been excommunicated, and subsequently readmitted into the caste by the caste panchayat (council).
Breaches of caste rules and customs are enquired into by a panchayat presided over by a headman called Kattemaniavaru.
The headmen of the panchayats of villages which adjoin meet to form a further panchayat to decide on matters common to them generally.
For the purpose of re-admission, a panchayat (council) assembles, at which the headman presides.
The panchayatis not limited in numbers, all the leading members of the community being invited to attend.
The other members of the panchayat are not permanent, but are selected for the occasion.
The latter, on his arrival, convenes a panchayat of the residents, and, with their assistance, selects a bridegroom.
It is an honorary post carrying no remuneration, and the enquiries of the panchayat entail no expense, except in the cost of supplying pansupari (betel leaves and areca nuts).
The Madigas observe the panchayat or tribal council system for the adjustment of disputes, and settlement of various questions at issue among members of the community.
Where, however, the paramour belongs to the Vellala caste, a caste panchayat is held, and the woman is fined Rs.
Divorce is decided by a panchayat (council) of representative villagers, and judgment given, after the evidence has been taken, by an elder of the community.
Appeals from the decisions of the panchayat lie to the mutt to which the village is subordinate.
Disputes are settled by a panchayat (council) headed by one of the community called Yejaman or Setti, assisted by the Reddi or headman called Banakara.
When this became known the villagers held a panchayat to enquire into the matter, but the girl flatly declined to give any information and her father and brothers were unable to point out the offender.
When it did reach his ears he seized the opportunity and at once drove her out of the house, and when a panchayat was called insisted on divorcing her for wasting his substance behind his back.
No one could deny that the reason was a good one and so the panchayat had to allow the divorce.
The jackal returned with him to the outskirts of the city and then sent him to the Raja to say that the panchayat must be held on the plain outside the city--for the jackal was afraid of the dogs in the city.
When the Raja received this message it made him very angry, however he went outside the city and met the panchayat and ordered them to get to business quickly.
Raja and tell him that you want a panchayat to settle the matter about the cow; and that you intend to call one whether he agrees to abide by its decision or no.
They are governed by a caste panchayat or committee, which imposes fines but does not expel any member from the community.
But the latter will allow Gowaris to sit at their feasts and eat, they will carry the corpse of a Gowari to the grave, and they will act as members of the panchayat in readmitting a Gowari who has been put out of caste.
Divorce is also permitted, and may be effected at the instance of either party in the presence of the caste panchayat or committee.
They have a tribal council or panchayat which inflicts the usual penalties for social offences, while in very serious cases, such as intercourse with a low caste, it causes the offender to be born again.
A couple who wish to be divorced must go before the caste panchayat or committee with a pot of liquor.
Their reverence for the caste panchayatis shown by their solemn form of oath, 'Sing-Bonga on high and the Panch on earth.
In Mandla there is a separate panchayat for each village, and every Gond male adult belongs to it, and all have to be summoned to a meeting.
When thepanchayat have eaten this food in the offender's house he is again a proper member of the caste.
Widow-marriage is allowed, and divorce may be effected by a simple proclamation of the fact to the panchayat in a caste assembly.
The punishments inflicted by the panchayatconsist of feasts, and in the case of minor offences of a fine.
In practice the offences with which the panchayat most frequently deals are the taking of another man's wife or the kidnapping of a daughter for marriage, this last usually occurring between relatives.
In Mandla the head of the panchayat is known as Gaontia, a name for a village headman, and he is always of the Bargaiya sept, the office being usually hereditary.
Again: The resuscitation of the village system has other bearings, not usually considered in connection with the general subject of the inauguration of the Panchayat system.
Nevertheless, at present the Panchayathas its use in Hindu India, and the prospect of being brought under its power is a wholesome terror.
Anyhow, the conclusions of the Christian Panchayat are, not unfrequently, singularly at variance with what would appear to be the right verdict.
The members of the Panchayat return to their homes, and, with the fullest detail, repeat to wife and children the incidents that the inquiry has disclosed.
The members of the Panchayat are already probably prejudiced either for or against the offender, and make no attempt to rise above their prejudices.
The Panchayat is only a rough and ready way of settling disputes, or punishing minor offences.
The Panchayat gives exactly the opening which they crave.
A panchayat (council) is held, and they are recognised as man and wife if the bride money and fine inflicted are paid.
The Kolkara has to invite people to the panchayat (tribal council), collect the fines inflicted, and be present on the occasion of marriages.
After that they are given milk, and are made to prostrate themselves before the panchayat (council).
If any dispute arises in the community, it is referred to the men of the village, who form an informal panchayat (council), with the eldest or most influential man at its head.
As soon as the sound is heard, the castemen amongst whom any offence has occurred assemble, each house in the village being represented by a member, so as to make up a panchayat (council).
In the event of a man being pronounced guilty, the panchayat directs him to pay the aggrieved husband all the expenses he had incurred in connection with his marriage.
The Desayi then accompanies him to the village, calls the panchayat again, and in their presence removes the interdict.
Neither division, however, is allowed to have any dealings with men of the lowest castes, and violation of this rule of etiquette is tried by a panchayat of the caste, and visited with excommunication.
The time-honoured panchayat system still prevails, and the caste has headmen, entitled Perithanakkaran or Nattamaikkaran, who decide all social matters affecting the community, and must be present at the ceremonial distribution of pansupari.
Adultery and other forms of vice are adjudicated on by a panchayat (or council) of headmen, who settle disputes and decide on the fine or punishment to be inflicted on the guilty.
A curious account is given of the punishment sometimes inflicted by the caste panchayat (council) on a man who ill-treats and deserts his wife.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "panchayat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
