Apart from the Village Panchayat, each Jati had its own ‘Jati Panchayat’. They had considerable authority in the village community.
They had the following responsibilities.
- In Rajasthan, they settled civil differences among the members.
- They worked as mediators in land disputes.
- They judged if marriages were conducted as per Jati laws.
- They decided the protocol to be followed at village functions.
- Except in criminal cases, the decisions of the Jati Panchayats were accepted by the government.
