Subject(s): Dispute resolution (Law) in India. -- Panchayat in India. -- Objectives theoretical and operational issues -- Office bearers : Age, sex, religion and caste, education, occupation, income, remuneration, court experience, organizational membership -- Office bearers - Membership parameters : Tenure, appointment to the office, preferred method for the appointment, training, qualifications in adjudication work, status, powers -- Nyaya panchayat- organizational apparatus : Organizational description, secretary, interest shown by members, finances, records and inspection -- Nyaya panchayat- its working : Jurisdiction and working, courts and nyaya panchayat, police and nyaya panchayat, lekhpal and nyaya panchayat -- Decision- mechanism and under current : background of litigants, elements in adjudication, pleaders -- Decision- acceptance of their legitimacy : Expenditure, time, bias, litigation, increase in powers