Thursday, December 8, 2011

Nyaya Panchayat Bill


Ministry of Panchayati Raj had prepared a Draft Nyaya Panchayat Bill to provide for the establishment of Nyaya Panchayats, at the level of every Gram Panchayat or a cluster of Gram Panchayats, for providing a system of fair and speedy justice, both civil and criminal, to the citizens at their doorsteps. After taking into consideration the comments received from the concerned Central Ministries/Departments and the States/UTs, the draft Nyaya Panchayat Bill was forwarded to the Ministry of Law and Justice for their inputs. However, that Ministry has raised a number of points including the basic question of Constitutional validity of bringing in the proposed legislation.

Since the issues raised by the Ministry of Law & Justice are not expected to be resolved in the near future, no time frame has been fixed for introduction of the said Bill in Parliament.

The above information was given by the Minister of Panchayati Raj Shri V. Kishore Chandra Deo in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today

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