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Village court


Ghagoa Union Parishad sat in the village court during the 10th hour of Saturday morning. Union council chairman, union secretary, council member in village court. Preserved women members and prominent persons in the area 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 was formed under the Union Parishad to settle a number of minor small civil and criminal disputes in Gramma locality is called as a court of 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 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 District Court's constitutional court and the local government (union council) representative (equivalent