Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008

Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008
Parliament of India
Long title An Act to provide for the establishment of Gram Nyayalayas at the grass roots level for the purposes of providing access to justice to the citizens at their doorsteps and to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of social, economic or other disabilities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Citation	Act No. 4 of 2009
Enacted by	Parliament of India
Assented to	7 January 2009
Commenced	2 October 2009
Status: In force

Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 is an Act of Parliament of India enacted for establishment of Gram Nyayalayas or village courts for speedy and easy access to justice system in the rural areas of India. The Act came into force from 2 October 2009.^[1] However, the Act has not been enforced properly, with only 208 functional Gram Nyayalayas in the country (as of 3 September 2019) against a target of 5000 such courts.^[2] The major reasons behind the non-enforcement includes financial constraints, reluctance of lawyers, police and other government officials.^[2]