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The important factors that influenced the ancient legal system were: What is a caste? a caste is a group of people solely born into it. They are divisions based on birth. It determines social positions, occupation, living standards, education level, economic status and marriage. The caste system resulted in inequality before the law. While people in a specific caste were treated equally before the law, different In the Rig Vedic times, there existed complete equality before law, but this slowly transitioned into Varna dharma ashrama or caste basis Caste provided for the beginning of the Panchayat system in India. The 73rd amendment of the Constitution of India gave a constitutional status to the Panchayati system. Though  the  Panchayati Raj Institutions have been in existence for  a long  time, it was observed that these institutions have not been able  to  acquire  the  status and dignity of  viable  and responsive people’s  bodies  due  to  a number of reasons  including   absence  of regular    elections,     prolonged supersessions,    insufficient representation  of  weaker sections like Scheduled  Castes,  Scheduled Tribes  and  women,  inadequate  devolution  Article  40  of  the   Constitution which  enshrines  one  of  the Directive  Principles  of State Policy lays down that the State  shall take  steps  to organise village panchayats and endow them  with  such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable A joint family is 3 generation of men and their collaterals living in a common dwelling, with common profession, resulting in commonly owned property. They were usually patriarchal in nature and lead to the rise of property disputes. Joint family is regarded as unit of the Hindu Social System. In case of the death of the head of the family, the property went to the eldest son. This was because of two reasons. Property was not given to women since they would get married and leave the family, which would result in the property leaving the family. The property