Faruk Magura Correspondent: Let’s go to the village court to get justice in a short time, at a low cost, with this slogan, the auspicious inauguration of the training on village courts was held at Magura Sadar Upazila Parishad. On Monday, May 19 at 9 am, the Magura Sadar Upazila Administration organized the 6-day training in the Magura Sadar Upazila Parishad conference room and in collaboration with the Local Government Division, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, the project to activate village courts in Bangladesh (Phase 3).
The training on village courts was chaired by Magura Sadar Upazila Executive Officer Md. Hasibul Hasan and moderated and presented by Bangladesh Village Court Activation (Phase 3) Upazila Coordinator Shiuli Akhter.
Magura Deputy Commissioner Md. Ohidul Islam was present as the chief guest. Also present were Bangladesh Village Court Activation (Phase 3) Project District Manager Md. Genarul Islam, Magura Sadar Upazila Assistant Commissioner Land Dewan Asif Pele, Sadar Upazila Social Service Officer Md. Nasir Uddin.
Today’s participants are 60 members of 5 union councils from the first and second batches.
According to the Village Court Act 2006, a village court is formed in the union parishad for the easy and speedy settlement of certain criminal and civil disputes locally. The village court can settle criminal and civil disputes worth not more than 3 lakh taka. There is no provision for appointment of lawyers in the village court. The village court can settle criminal disputes in cases of theft, riot, fraud, quarrel, dispute or fight, embezzlement of valuable property, wrongful control and wrongful detention, intimidation or threats, speaking, making gestures or doing any other act with the intention of disrespecting or insulting the modesty of a woman and the settlement of civil disputes is related to the recovery of money owed, recovery of possession of immovable property, recovery of movable property or its value, compensation for forcible possession or damage to any movable property, compensation due to trespassing of cattle, recovery of wages and compensation payable to agricultural workers, recovery of arrears of maintenance by the wife, etc. In addition, poor and marginalized people, especially women, the disabled, and ethnic minorities, have easy access to dispute resolution.
Village courts cannot resolve disputes related to rape, murder, kidnapping, robbery, polygamy, divorce, guardianship, dower, restoration of marital relations, dowry, violence against women and children, ownership of immovable property if there is bloodshed in any incident, and any dispute worth more than 3 lakh taka.
