S. A. Kurbah
Ka Mukotduma hapdeng u Bah A. S. Khongphai pyrshah ïa u Bah Stanley D. D. Nichols Roy, kaba la kyllur ha ka 26 tarik Jymmang, 1965, ba la bishar da ka Gauhati High Court.
Petitioner: U Bah A. S. Khongphai u la ujor pyrshah ia u Bah Stanley D. D. Nichols Roy ban ïaleh elekshon na Cherrapunji (L. A. 24) namar ba u Bah Stanley D. D. Nichol Roy u shah pyrshah ba um dei u Khasi, kumta um lah ban kyllur ban ïeng elekshon namarba um don ïa ka Jaid. La ujor ruh ba katkum ka (Khasi Customary Law) ka Aiñ Khasi Dustur kaba shim jait na ka kmie (kynthei), u briew uba mih na kata ka jaidbynriew kaba la ithuh da ka Jaid Kmie.
Kumta, u Khasi u dei ban shim ïa ka “Jaid” na ka kmie jong u. Um lah ban shim ïa ka “Jaid” na u kpa jong u. La kdew ruh ba ki khun kiba kha na u kpa Khasi bad na ka kmie bymdei Khasi kim dei ki Khasi. La sngewthuh shai ba u kpa jong u Bah Stanley D. D. Nichols Roy, u la long u Khasi bad ka kmie jong u kam dei satia ka Khasi ka dei ka Mem na America.
# Repondent No.1. U Bah Stanley D. D. Nichols Roy u hap ban pynshisha ba u dei bad u long u Khasi.
Katto katne ki mat ki pung jingpynshisha da ki Rangbah Khasi.
# P.W. 2. U Bah Mowoon Lyngdoh uba long u Lyngdoh jong ka Sohïong, u la ong: “Ba ki bun ki rangbah khasi kiba shongkha ïa ki kynthei bymdei khasi bad ïa ki khun kiba mih na katei ka jingïashongkha kim dei satia ki khasi wat lada ki shong ki sah hapoh ka Ri Khasi katno katno pateng ruh.”
# P.W. 7. U Bah Hadwickton Nongsteng, u ong: “Ba ka shim por haduh 4 bad 5 pateng ba ki ki khun kiba mih na ka kmie bymdei khasi ba kin sa ïoh da ka Jaid Khasi.”
# P. W. 8. U Bah Keni Nongbsap, u ong: “Ba ki khun kiba kha na u bymdei Khasi u dei satia u Khasi.
# P. W. 9. U ong: “Ba u tip bha ia u Respondent No. 1, kata ia u Bah Stanley D. D. Nichols Roy, bad u pynshisha ba u dei u Khasi.”
# P.W. 1. Bah A. S. Khongphai u ong: “Ba ki “Jaid Khar” ki dei kiba hiarpateng na ka kynthei (kmie) bymdei Khasi.”
# P.W. 2. Bah Mowoon Lyngdoh, u pyntikna: “Dkhar” ka mut bymdei Khasi (non-Khasi).
# P.W. 3. Goes to deny that the “Jaid Dkhars” are descendants on non-Khasi women.
# P.W. 5. U ong: “Ba ki khun kiba hiarpateng na ka ka kynthei bymlong Khasi kim dei satia ki Khasi.”
# P.W. 10. Norman Singh Syiem, u ong: “Lada ka Mei-tymmen ka long ka “Jaid Dkhar” ka la long ka “Dkhar”, kata ka dei na Ri-dkhar.”
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# R.W. 2. Prof. R. S. Lyngdoh, Head of the Department of Khasi Language and Culture jong ka St. Anthony’s College, u la ong: “Ki don ki briew jong ki Shnong War kiba long ki Khasi, hynrei kim ju don Jaid.”
# R.W. 3. Dr. S. R. Laloo, u la ong: “Ba ki briew ha Ri War kim don “Jaid.””
# R. W. 4. Phritson Kharkongor, u la ong: “Ba ka Kur jong u ka long “Jaid Dkhar” bad kata ka Mei-tymmen jong u kam dei satia ka kynthei Khasi ba la tip kyrteng “Mohkhynhong.”
# R. W. 6. Jebuni u ong: “U la long u Nong-Wahadadar kumba 27 snem bad ba u tipbha ïa u Respondent No.l kata ïa u Bah Stanley D. D. Nichols Roy ba u dei u Khasi na War Shella bad ba ki Khasi na War Shella kim ju don “Jaid.”
# R.W. 8. Hamlet Bareh u dei u Professor jong ka History ha St. Edmund’s College, u la ïoh D. Phill degree na Gauhati University halor ka Thesis “The Origin and History of the Khasi People.” He says that: “There cannot be a Khasi without a “Jaid” but adds that now-a-days the matter of taking a “Jaid” has become a matter of choice, i.e., one can have the “Jaid” of the father or of the mother or he may not take any “Jaid” at all.”
# R.W. 10. Lokendro Syiem u ong: “Ba u long u Syiem jong ka Jirang Syiemship.” U ong biang: “Ba ki don shibun ki Khasi ha ka hima Syiemship jong u: Ba ki kpa ki dei ki Khasi bad ki kmie kim dei ki Khasi (non-Khasi). Kine ki briew ki shim “Jaid” na ki kpa jong ki.”
# R.W. 11. Oniram Nongrum, u la long u Nonghikai Skul. U kyllur “Ba lada ka Mei-tymmen ka dei na ka “Jaid Dkhar” ka dei ka non-Khasi ka bymdei Khasi bad kine ki “Jaid Dkhar” mynta la kheiñ ba ki dei Khasi.
# R.W. 12B. Wellington u ong: “Ba u la lum jingtip shaphang ka dustur ki Khasi tynrai naduh ki snem 1960. Kawei ka Seng “Cultural Organisation” ka la kyrpad ïa u ban ai jynthoh halor kitei ki mat haneng bad u la leh kumta. Ka Sheila Presbytery ruh ka la thung ïa u (appointed) ban lum jingtip halor ka phang ‘ka History ka Balang Shella’. Kat kum ka sakhi jong u: “Ba ki briew jong ka Shella, Mustoh, Nongwar and kiwei ki thaiñ War kim ju don “Jaid” (According to this witness, the people of Shella, Mustoh, Nongwar and the War area have no “Jaid”).
Ka Jingpynkut (Conclusion).
Gurdon also mentions (vide page 90) three clans which are descended from three men and goes on to say “it being remarkable that in this case descent is traced originally from male ancestors and not from females.”
It appears, therefore, that although it may be true that so far as the original Khasis are concerned, every Khasi must have a Jaid and he or she can take only the Jaid of his or her mother, this does not appear to be so in the case of some other tribes like the Wars, Lyngngams or Bhois.
When the witnesses depose about the Khasi custom of having a Jaid and taking of a Jaid from the mother only, it is not clear whether they mean the Khasis only or also the other tribes like Wars, Bhois, Lyngngams and Syntengs who are reckoned as Khasis but are different from them. In the result therefore the contention that every Khasi must take the Jaid of his or her mother only is not proved and cannot be accepted.
Exhibit 3 simply states the fact that the Election Tribunal decided that Bah Stanley was a Khasi and that an appeal was filed before the High Court by Bah Clifford and that the said appeal was dismissed. All these are facts and there is nothing false in it.
The Objection was over-ruled. The election took place and Shri Stanley D. D. Nichols Roy polled 12,728 votes against the respondent No. 1 Sri Nichols Roy was declared elected.
Ka kyllur pynshai ha ka ktien Khasei – da u S. A. Kurbah (04.10.18).