The Grama Nyayalayas Bill 2008 Passed in Rajya Sabha

The much awaited Gram Nyayalaya Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on 17th December 2008. The media coverage could be found here. The Honorable Union Law Minister H R Baradwaj, said that by the introduction of the “Gram Nyayalayas” the Government seeks to introduce new 5067 odd Courts at the grass root level. The judges sitting as “Nyayadhikaris” would be paid the same salary as that of judges of First Class Judicial Magistrate. 5067 new Courts means 5067 new Judges. It must be noted that our Government always has had problems with filling in the requisite number of posts of judges that remained vacant. Currently there is a vacancy in 18% of the judicial posts. It is actually indigestible for me when the government claims that they are going to add 6000 more judges! The Law Minister had sought the help of PM to send 3000 judges ..! Is our Honourable PM a repository of Judges?

Interestingly, our Law Minister even told the media that within a period of 5 years, India would have the best judicial system in the world.