Lawyers oppose 'Grama Nyalaya Act'

Khammam: The setting up of village courts under the Grama Nyalaya Act, which came into effect in October 2009, is being opposed by the lawyers’ fraternity.

In Sattupalli, advocates have gone on a three-day strike  in all courts. Sattupalli Bar Association general secretary Shaik Bujji Saheb said that they would take up a serious agitation in future if the government did not stop the setting up of village courts.

The Grama Nyalaya Act aims at making justice easily accessible to the rural population and in dealing with the backlog of cases. The Act also makes the judicial process participatory and decentralised because it allows the appointment of local social activists and lawyers as mediators and in cases of reconciliation.