The State Cabinet on Thursday approved the setting up of 100 Grama Nyayalayas in the limits of gram panchayats or clusters of gram panchayats for delivery of justice on the doorstep of people in rural areas.
The Grama Nyayalayas or rural courts will be set up as per the provisions of the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008, introduced by the UPA government at the Centre.
Briefing on the Cabinet decisions, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil said these courts would cover either a cluster of panchayats or a single panchayat. The government has estimated an annual cost of ₹25 crore for these courts. The courts would take up both civil and criminal cases. Once established, people in villages would no longer have to travel to towns and cities to get their cases heard, he said.
