Access to Justice in Rural Bangladesh A Review on Village Court and its Effectiveness

Abstract

Village court is a hybrid of formal and informal dispute resolution mechanisms in
rural Bangladesh. Bangladesh govt. has initiated various projects to make the village court
more effective in order to meet the demand of access to justice for rural people. The main
objective of the article is to review the weaknesses the court has and the challenges the court
is facing in addition to its effectiveness. The study is based on secondary data, i.e. books,
journals, newspapers and magazines. The study found that village court can save money and
time as well as release the burden of formal judicial system but it faces some challenges like
legal, institutional and logistics etc. as well.