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Indigenous Governance, Customary Law and Legal Pluralism: The Adi Case

Author(s) Ms. Liyir Karso
Country India
Abstract This paper investigates the historical continuity and evolving transformations of Adi customary law, with particular reference to the Kebang as a central institution of justice and governance. It aims to analyse how Adi customary practices negotiate identity, autonomy, and integration within the wider framework of legal pluralism in North-East India. Although customary law remains fundamental to Adi social and political organization, it has suffered marginalisation in mainstream legal and policy discourse. The central problem is to understand how the Adi Kebang grounded in reconciliation, collective responsibility, and consensus has responded to shifting external pressures, including colonial codification, post-independence state law, and contemporary globalization. The study employs a historical-comparative approach, combining ethnographic fieldwork and oral testimonies with colonial tour diaries and legal texts such as the Assam Frontier Tracts Regulation, 1880, and the Assam Frontier (Administration of Justice) Regulation, 1945, and post-independence policy documents. Secondary scholarship on customary law and indigenous institutions informs the analysis. The research finds that the Adi customary laws retain resilience by preserving core principles of community-based justice while adapting to shifting political and legal environments. Their evolution demonstrates that indigenous jurisprudence is not static but dynamic, offering insights for contemporary debates on restorative justice, indigenous rights, and inclusive governance. This underscores North-East India’s role as a crucial region for rethinking legal pluralism in the twenty-first century.
Keywords Customary laws, Legal Pluralism, Indigenous Governance, Adi, Kebang, North East India
Published In Volume 6, Issue 2, March-April 2024
Published On 2024-04-05
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i02.68550
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