Section 31
Record of oral evidence.
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.
In suits or proceedings before a Gram Nyayalaya, it shall not be
necessary to record the evidence of witnesses at length, but the Nyayadhikari, as the examination of each
witness proceeds, shall, record or cause to be recorded, a memorandum of substance of what the witness
deposes, and such memorandum shall be signed by the witness and the Nyayadhikari and it shall form
part of the record.