Chief Minister orders establishment of 7 more Gram Nyayalayas to facilitate easy & speedy justice in villages
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| (File Pic): Punjab CM Capt. Amarinder Singh |
To provide easy and speedy justice in the rural areas, in
compliance with directives of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Punjab Chief
Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered the establishment of 7 more Gram
Nyayalayas or village courts in the State.
The new Nyayalayas would be set up at:
Patran in Patiala district,
Tapa in Barnala,
Bassi Pathana in Fatehgarh Sahib,
Dera Baba Nanak and Dhar Kalan in Gurdaspur,
Raikot in Ludhiana and
Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar.
These Gram Nyayalayas will cover only the Gram Panchayats of the Sub Divisions
and not towns, as per the proposal cleared by Captain Amarinder Singh, who
holds the Home Affairs and Justice portfolio too.
With this, the number of such courts in the state will go up
to 9, as 2 Gram Nyayalayas – at Kot Isse Khan in Moga district and Nangal in
Rupnagar vide Government – were set up vide notification of January 2013.
The initiative has been undertaken as per Gram Nyayalayas
Act, 2008 enacted by the Parliament for quick dispensation of justice in the
rural areas. The Act came into force from October 2, 2009.
From January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2016, not a single case
was transferred to the Gram Nyayalaya in Kot Isse Khan, while the number of
cases instituted during this period stood at 2. During this period, 13 cases
were disposed of and 18 were pending as on December 31, 2016, at the Kot Isse
Khan court. However, the Nangal Gram Nyayalaya accounted for zero cases on all
the above parameters corresponding to the same period.
For the period from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2017,
for Kot Isse Khan Gram Nyayalaya, there were no cases transferred and the
number of cases instituted during was 8, while the number of cases disposed of
stood at 18 and those pending were 10 as on December 31, 2017. The Nangal Gram
Nyayalaya statistics again stood at zero on all the above parameters
corresponding to this period.
From January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018, the spokesperson
revealed that in respect of Gram Nyayalaya Kot Isse Khan, there were no cases
transferred and the number of cases instituted stood at 6, with the number of
cases disposed of being 7 and, as on December 31, 2018, pending cases were 9.
For the corresponding period, the Nangal Gram Nyayalaya saw 953 cases
transferred, 369 cases instituted, 141 cases disposed of and 977 pending as on
December 31, 2018.
In the period from January 1, 2019, to June 30, 2019, no cases were transferred to Gram Nyayalaya Kot Isse Khan and the number of cases instituted stood at 2, with the number of cases disposed of also being 2 and, as of June 30, 2019, those pending were 9. For the same period, the figures for Nangal Gram Nyayalaya stood at 2 cases transferred, 62 cases instituted, 89 cases disposed of, and 952 pending as on June 30, 2019.
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