Trinamool Court - Gram Nyayalayas
No, this has nothing to do with Madam Mamta Banerjee ; it's all about rural justice.
A daylong conference of Law Ministers, Law Secretaries of states and Registrars General of High Courts is being held today to discuss the establishment of Gram Nyayalayas in the country. Organised by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the conference will be chaired by the Union Minister of Law & Justice, Dr. H.R.Bhardwaj . The conference would also deliberate on other related matters like time frame and financial arrangements for the setting up of Gram Nyayalayas .
The main objectives of the Gram Nyayalayas Bill, 2007:-
a) To provide speedy, affordable and substantive justice to the poor at grass root level in the rural areas at their doorstep.
b) Gram Nyayalaya will act as Subordinate Court at Intermediate Panchayat level.
c) The Gram Nyayalayas so established will be in addition to the civil and criminal courts established under any other law for the time being in force.
d) The Central Government will bear all the non-recurring expenditure for setting up of the Gram Nyayalayas and will bear half of the recurring expenditure for three years after setting up of the Gram Nyayalayas .
e) The Gram Nyayalayas will be empowered to deal with both criminal cases as well as civil cases as per the procedure laid down in the Gram Nyayalayas Bill, 2007.