Class work on Village Court

Summary of the drama relating to the Village Court Act 2006:

It is a beautiful drama to promote the Village Court among the people around the country.
Abu Suffian Biplob delightfully picturised the whole procedure of Village Court in this
drama. It is indeed so detailed and created in a very simple way so that anyone can
understand. The short summary of the fact is,
A widow named Piyara begum lived in her husband’s property in a village. He was
continuously being harassed by his brother-in-law, Shonu Mondol. The said Shonu Mondol
wanted to take over the land possessed by Piyara Begum. One day he indirectly threatened
her that if she does not sale the property to him, she might face various difficulties in her life.
On that night, someone steal four domestic goats of Piyara Begum. Piyara Begum suspected
that Shonu Mondol might be behind this stealing. She asked help to the UP. As it was a case
of criminal procedure, the member of the Union took 10 taka only as the court fee and gave
her form no. 14 as receipt. Then they registered the suit on form no 2 and served summon to
the deponent under form no 4. Both the parties nominated 4 people to constitute the village
court by form no. 7 under section 5 of the গ্রাম আদালত আইন, ২০০৬. Then the chairman
ordered to constitute the court buy the form no. 3. On the fixed date the members were
ordered to be present by form no. 8. The said Piyara Begum submitted her claim and she also
produced one witness in support of her. The deponent also rejected the claim of the
Complainant and asked for compromise. As the complainant disagree to compromise, the
court declared its decree ordered Shonu Mondol to deposit 40,000 taka as compensation.
Remarks:
However, this is a great initiative and this drama might let the people know about the Village
Court in a very simple way but this shall not make the court effective. Because this drama is
far from the reality. The members of the court are members of UP and from the village. They
can easily be manipulated or bribed. This makes the court less favourable for the poor.
Moreover, most of the crimes are done by wealthy persons or persons of political interest.
Village court can easily be manipulated by them and thus it is of no use.
Furthermore, the members of the court have no knowledge about law and the Act restrained
the party to involve any lawyer. (section 14)
One of the most important draw backs of this court is, if the decree is passed with 4:1
majority, it is non appealable and if the parties compromise, then it is also non-appealable.
This is very obvious that an uneducated poor village people can easily be manipulated during
compromise.
However, the drama begins with a very important message. It is shown that a person who
might become the Member of the village is reading about Village court. Every person
concerned should have clear concept of the court and গ্রাম আদালত আইন ২০০৬.