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Democratisation of Justice: Learning from Indian Experience
Democratisation of Justice: Learning from Indian Experience
Monday, 16 July 2018: 15:30
Location: 704 (MTCC SOUTH BUILDING)
Oral Presentation
DEMOCRATISATION OF JUSTICE: LEARNING FROM INDIAN EXPERIENCE
No body can deny the fact that democratisation of justice system should start at the grassroots level through transforming and sensitising the existing dispute settlement mechanisms to human rights and constitutional values and linking with formal justice system.The traditional dispute resolution system in India has got a new vigour with the introduction of 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act . Strengthening the Panchayats(rural local bodies) and empowering people at the grass roots to resolve their disputes amicably would solve many of the problems that are faced by the conventional justice dispensation mechinary in its attempts to percolate to the lowest levels.Democratisation of justice by making use of the potential Panchayat Raj institutions can be seen a best practice that can be emulated.The author explores it's possibilities.