Village courts sought for speedy justice
The Hindu
FGG appeals to Governor to take steps to establish ‘Grama Nyayalayas’
Forum for Good Governance (FGG) has, through a letter on Saturday, appealed to Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to take urgent steps to establish ‘Grama Nyayalayas’ or village courts for speedy and easy access to justice system in rural areas. To provide access to justice at the grass-roots level, the Law Commission of India, in its 114th report, requested the Central government to establish village courts. Accordingly, Parliament had enacted the Gram Nyayalayas Act in 2008. A general consensus was reached in a conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices in 2009, to bring the Act into force from October 2 the same year.More Related News