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Delivering rural justice through community-owned courts in Bihar, India

Returning to his village in Bihar after many years, Ramashish had received a rude shock. His cousins had deprived him of his heritage. Find out how a gram katchahri (village court) came to his rescue: http://wrld.bg/XFhw30jN7nd

Delivering rural justice through community-owned courts in Bihar, India

In June 2017, a long-running land dispute was settled in just six days in a community-owned court in Bihar. Returning to his village after many years, Ramashish had received a rude shock. His cousins had deprived him of the 5.90 acres of land he’d inherited. Over the last 20 years, Ramashish had a…