Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008

It was enacted in 2008 in the backdrop of recommendations of National Advisory Council (NAC). The recommendations mainly connoted to a lowest unit of Judiciary at village level to dispose-off the huge backlog of cases in Indian Subordinate Courts.

Key Features of the Act: It establishes Gram Nyayalayas as the lowest unit of rural Judiciary headed by a Nyayadhikari who will be a first class magistrate.

• Gram Nyayalayas shall try those cases whose maximum punishment is a year’s imprisonment, is only a fine, or in which offence is compoundable. They shall also settle civil suits dealing with land, water, etc., as listed ....