Village court law

The village court sits in the Shailgachhi Union Parishad every Thursday at 10 am. Chairman of the Union Parishad in the village court, Union Secretary, Member of the Parishad. Reserved women members and dignitaries of the area are present. Role of Village Courts: - The Village Courts Ordinance was enacted in 1978 after the independence of Bangladesh considering the access to justice of the common people in the rural areas. Subsequently, the Village Court Act was enacted on May 9, 2006 through Act No. 19. The main point of this law is to settle disputes locally in a short period of time. Our people are benefiting from this court as it maintains social peace and stability through peaceful resolution of disputes by forming village courts with the help of elected representatives. The court formed under the Union Parishad to settle civil and criminal disputes locally is called a village court. Under what law will a village court be constituted? Under the Village Court Act 2006, a village court will be constituted. The purpose of the village court is to settle small disputes quickly and locally. From what date has the village court law come into force? The village court law has come into force since 09 May 2008. How is the village court law formed? Is. These are the Chairman of the concerned Union Parishad, 2 representatives of the petitioner (1 member of the Union Parishad and 1 notable person) 2 representatives of the respondent (1 member of the Union Parishad and 1 notable person) Criminal Matters: -1. Matters relating to theft. ঋGara-dispute 3. Damage to crops, bodies or anything else. Killing or damaging cattle 5. Fraudulent matters 7. Physical attack, damage, swelling and injury by force. Gachichat any valuable goods or land Atsatsadevani subject: -1. Recovery of possession of property. Recovery of unclaimed property or its value 3. Collection of compensation for damage to unclaimed property 4. Cases of payment of wages and compensation due to agricultural workers. Collection of money due on contract or deed price. In Bangladesh, formal litigation is subject to a lot of work pressure and insufficient number of officers and employees. As a result, case backlogs add up to the existing pending cases you have and at present it stands at about half a million cases. It has a negative impact on the rural poor and vulnerable groups who cannot afford the cost of litigation and these issues can be easily solved at the local level, as some issues do not have a clear understanding of how to get access to justice in the high court. The Department of Local Government (LGD), UNDP and the European Commission have jointly adopted a program entitled 'Bangladesh Village Courts Activated' to provide support to the justice system through this project among the 500 elected Union Parishads (UPs) of the country. It intends to develop the capacity of village court members, elected representatives and support staff. Motivation programs will be accomplished in order to sensitize the village courts on the overall judicial system and all relevant on the role and functions of their benefits. Justice for the poor through village courts

Access to justice is key to ensuring good governance and consequently poverty reduction. In this context, the formal judicial system in Bangladesh is under tremendous pressure due to the scarcity of human resources and the necessary logistics to resolve huge cases and pending cases. As a result, the case backlogs add to the existing piles of conflict and the number currently stands at nearly two million. An important part of the backlogs in those cases implicates a negative impact on the lives of rural poor and vulnerable groups who cannot afford the cost while cases can be easily solved through local level and lack of clear understanding of how to get justice in traditional court level justice system.

In this context, the Commission (EC) has launched a 5 year long (2009-2013) project 'Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh' in partnership with European Department of Local Government (LGD), Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (MoGRDC). And UNDP Bangladesh.

The project aims to strengthen the local justice system by activating village courts in the 500 Union Parishads (UPs) elected in the country. Union Parishad is the lowest level of local government system in Bangladesh. The project pledges a number of interventions to improve the capacity of village court (VC) members, elected representatives, community members and other relevant officials to run a bid to run smooth village courts.

The door-to-door movement of poor people without any difficulty and at very nominal cost was introduced in 1976 with the aim of creating an opportunity to resolve disputes at the community level. Emphasizing the importance of village court services, the Government of Bangladesh has upgraded the Village Court Ordinance 1976 with the Village Court Act 2006. Theoretically, the Constitutional Court of the village court and the member nominated by the local government (union council) representative (community leader) and disputant party