Role-playing

Considering the decision of the common people of the rural areas, the independence of Bangladesh was made in 1976 by the Village Court Ordinance. After the law of 19 May, 2006, the Village Court Act was enacted. The main thing of this law is that the country is in a short span of time. In this case, the people of the country are benefiting through this court, so that the establishment of a village court with the help of elected representatives maintains social peace and harmony through peaceful reconciliation.

Gadi adalatabalate poets?

The Court that constituted under the Union Parishad to decide some small petty civil and criminal disputes of the villagers to the local court, the Court said that the Court of Cigarette.

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 relevant Union Council, two representatives of the applicant's party (1 member of the Union Parishad and one of the respected persons), 2 representatives of the party's representatives (1 member of the union council and one of the dignitaries)

 Criminal:

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

 

Civilization

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 process of judiciary 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 problems at the local level, that some issues do not have clear understanding how to get access to justice in the High Court. Ministry of Local Government Division (LGD), UNDP and the European Commission jointly accepted the 'Bangladesh Village Court being activated' for a program to provide justice system support 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 life and lacks 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 'Village Court 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. In