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Types of Courts and Village Panchayats by Gurpreet Singh is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes the types of courts and role of village panchayats in ancient India. It discusses that in the Vedic period, village elders acted as judges to resolve legal matters according to local customs. In later periods, the king was the head of the legal system but delegated judicial powers to expert courts. There were four main types of courts described by ancient legal texts: fixed location courts, circuit courts, courts with royal seals, and the king
- Author
- Gurpreet Singh
- Language
- EN