Section 16
Transfer of pending proceedings.
About this Act
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.
(1) The District Court or the Court of Session, as the case
may be, with effect from such date as may be notified by the High Court, may transfer all the civil or
criminal cases, pending before the courts subordinate to it, to the Gram Nyayalaya competent to try or
dispose of such cases.
(2) The Gram Nyayalaya may, in its discretion, either retry the cases or proceed from the stage at which it was transferred to it.
(2) The Gram Nyayalaya may, in its discretion, either retry the cases or proceed from the stage at which it was transferred to it.