Council to challenge judgement against traditional bodies
HILLONG: The KHADC has filed an appeal before the Division Bench of the High Court of Meghalaya against the recent ruling of the court that had questioned the role of the traditional heads in the State.
“We filed an appeal before the Division Bench on Tuesday,” KHADC CEM Adelbert Nongrum said here on Wednesday.
He said that the Council was against the judgment by the Single Bench of the high court since it was passed on the ground that the traditional bodies do not have their own written laws.
“The court has to respect the practice and convention which the traditional bodies have been following since times immemorial,” the KHADC CEM said.
Nongrum said that the High Court judge SR Sen had passed the judgment by taking into account a single case in which the two parties had already arrived into a compromise.
“We cannot generalize the traditional institutions on the basis of an isolated case. I strongly suspect that there is a hidden agenda against the indigenous community behind this ruling,” he said.Nongrum informed that he has convened an all-party meeting on Friday to discuss the recent ruling of the court.
“I feel that all the political parties should jointly voice their concern against the ruling of the court,” he said.
