Since when did khap panchayats become justice-providing socialist movements ??
As for "protect", why preserve rules that are the opposite of justice ??
Khap panchayats always existed to organize society to function better and preserve its values. Don't care much for the"socialist" part of your question.
They preserve rules they think best serve society. In their collective wisdom.
Agreed. Marriage is a social act and a social contract that seeks to provide a legal clause around a relationship so that especially the woman is not at the receiving end of a casually ending of the relationship by the man.
That in a nutshell is what their Islamic marriage is all about.
We are not discussing islamic marriage.