About: The Gram Nyayalayas Act of 2008 is parliamentary legislation enacted for the institutionalisation of village courts or gram nyayalayas across the length and breadth of the country for speedy and better accessibility of the judicial system to the rural population. Gram nyayalayas are mobile village courts which are directed towards providing an affordable justice to villagers.
Detail: Section 3 of the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 provides for the establishment of gram nyayalayas. The State governments have been vested with the authority of setting up one or more nyayalayas, after proper consultation with the respective High Court, in every Panchayat at the intermediate level or group of adjacent Panchayats at the intermediate level of a district.
