Section 8
Nyayadhikari not to preside over proceedings in which he is interested.
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.
The Nyayadhikari
shall not preside over the proceedings of a Gram Nyayalaya in which he has any interest or is otherwise
involved in the subject matter of the dispute or is related to any party to such proceedings and in such a
case, the Nyayadhikari shall refer the matter to the District Court or the Court of Session, as the case may
be, for transferring it to any other Nyayadhikari.