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Village Court

In the case of Kamarjani Union Parishad, every 10 hours of the meeting will be held in the village court. Union council chairman, union secretary, council member in village court. Preserved ladies and members of the respected persons are present.

Role of Village Court-

With regard to obtaining justice for the common people of the rural areas, independence of Bangladesh was made in 1976 by the Village Court Ordinance. Later on, on 9th May, 2006, the Village Court Act was enacted by law. The main point of this act is that the dispute is settled locally. In the meantime, the people of the country are benefiting through this court, because of establishing a village court with the help of elected representatives, peace prevails and peace prevails through peaceful solution.

What does the village court mean?

A court that is formed under the Union Parishad to settle the disputes of certain small and small civil and criminal disputes of the Gramma Law, that the court is called a village court.

Under the law, the village court will be formed?

Village Court will be formed under the Village Court Act 2006.

What is the purpose of village court?

The purpose of the village court is to settle small disputes quickly and locally in less time, at a lower cost.

How long has the village court law been effective?

Village court law has come into effect from 09 May 2006.

How is village court law formed?

Village court is formed in coordination with 5 (five) representatives. They are the chairman of the concerned Union Parishad, two representatives of the applicant's party (1 member of the union council and one prominent person) two representatives of the protesting party (1 member of the union council and one of the dignitaries)

Criminal matters:

1. Theft related matters

2. Rigra-Bid

3. Damage to the causative crop, Buddy or other things

4. The killing or loss of livestock animals

5. Deceptive affairs

6. Physical attacks, losses, inflammation and injury by force.

7. Gachchat is a valuable product or land

Civil matters:

1. Recover the possession of wealth

2. Reproduction of worthless property or its value

3. Recovery of damages for loss of inauspicious property

4. Payment of compensation and compensation for agricultural laborers

5. Receiving the money earned at the contract or document value

 

In the formal judicial process in Bangladesh, disposal of cases is under great pressure with many workloads and inadequate numbers of officers and employees . As a result, case backlogs added up to the existing pending cases and at present it stands in almost half a million cases . It can not afford the cost of the case, which creates a negative impact for the rural poor and helpless groups and can easily solve these issues at the local level , that some issues do not clearly understand how to get access to justice in the High Court . Ministry of Local Government Division ( LGD ), UNDP and the European Commission jointly received a program titled ' Being active in the village court ' for providing a system of support system through this project in 500 elected union councils ( UP ) of the country. It is willing to develop the power of village court members, elected representatives and support staff . Motivation programs will be completed in order to sensitize all concerned on the role and functions of the village courts and their benefits on the overall judicial process .

 

Justice for the poor through the village court

The key to ensuring the access to justice is good governance and the consequent poverty reduction. In this context, in the formal judiciary process in Bangladesh, under the pressure of huge issues and pending cases, under the pressure of facing the human resources and the lack of necessary logistics is under pressure. As a result, case backlogs conflict added existing piles and now the number stands almost two millions. In those cases an important part of the backlogs can easily be solved through this problem when the case can not afford the cost of the property, which imparts the negative impact on rural poor and helpless group lives and there is a lack of clear understanding of the methods of obtaining justice in the formal court .

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

The project was instrumental in strengthening the local judiciary through enabling the village courts in 500 union parishads (UPs) selected in the country. Union Parishad is the lowest step in the local government system in Bangladesh. The project is pledged to interfere with the capacity of other relevant officials to implement a bid for the running of village court (VC) members, elected representatives, community members and smooth village court.

The problem of rural courts, and the poor man's door step at very nominal cost was introduced in 1976 to create an opportunity to resolve disputes in the community level. The importance of the services of the village courts has been upgraded to the 'Village Court Ordinance 1976' with the Bangladesh Government Act, 2006. Theoretically, the constitutional court of the village court and the local government (Union Parishad) representative (community leader) and the nominated member nominated by the disputant party.

The court is formed with five juries headed by UP Chairman. Apart from the chairman, the other four members will be elected from the local community and another local elected member of the UP will be nominated by one of the two parties. Underlying logic lies, disputant parties can discuss their problems without any hesitation and can reach an amicable and durable decision and restore broken relationships. The decisions of the village court are equally valuable to any other superior court of the country. However, the village court can deal with money ambit in both cases of Criminal and Civil nature. 25,000.00

The main attempts to activate the village court are the 500th Union Parishad selected on pilot basis, formally takes place for the first time in Bangladesh because it is very important to indicate the successful completion of active involvement of stakeholders and community members with the awareness of the justice system. In other activities, the courtyard meeting approached as a very effective tool to raise mass awareness on the village court.

From the antiquity, 'Shalish' (mediation) has traditionally been approached as an active tool for resolving local conflicts in rural settings of Bangladesh. It is a custom of gathering village elites and related parties (disputants) for local dispute resolution. Sometimes, the chairman and members of the Union Council are also invited to sit through Shalish Proceedings. However, shalish generally does not require any recognized rules, regulations or specific sizes and structures; Rather it solely relies solely on the subject of local nature and the level of conflict. Therefore, the shalish decision of follow-up always remains at risk.

Village Court Act 2006, the formation of village court has increased following the practice and the local elected representatives are very supportive and the local government is interested in activating the village courts. Offer local justice services with very minimal costs and time for village courts. If local dispute is settled through village courts, then this peace and unity can be established in the area. Similarly, effective village courts can improve the restoration of lack of social solidarity to fight against local issues including poverty reduction.

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