📘 Gujarat Panchayat Act (With Village Courts Act, 2008) | Reprint 2025
✒️ Authored by: Vaikunthalal K. Trivedi | Language: Gujarati | Publisher: Western Law House

This authoritative volume provides a comprehensive commentary on the Gujarat Panchayat Act, enriched with the latest statutory amendments and judicial interpretations. Updated with the Gujarat Local Authority Laws (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Gujarat Act No. 17 of 2023), this edition also includes the Village Courts Act, 2008, offering readers a complete reference on the functioning of local self-governance and village-level justice delivery in Gujarat.

🔍 Key Features:

• 📜 Updated Statutory Text – full coverage of the Gujarat Panchayat Act along with the 2023 Amendment Act (Gujarat Act No. 17 of 2023).

• ⚖️ Judicial Analysis – incorporates important judgments of the Supreme Court, Gujarat High Court, and other High Courts interpreting Panchayat law and local authority provisions.

• 🏛️ Village Courts Act, 2008 – included in full, with commentary on its implementation, powers, and role in village-level dispute resolution.

• 🛠️ Practical Insights – guidance on elections, powers and functions of Panchayats, administration, financial matters, and dispute settlement.

• 📚 Comparative Perspective – analysis of how amendments harmonize Panchayat laws with broader local governance reforms.

• 🆕 Latest Amendments Incorporated (2025 Reprint) – ensuring accuracy and up-to-date relevance for practitioners and students.

• 🌐 Gujarati Language Edition – making it directly accessible to Panchayat functionaries, grassroots administrators, and local legal practitioners.

🎯 Recommended For:

• Advocates & legal practitioners dealing with Panchayat and local authority laws

• Panchayat leaders, administrators & government officers

• Judicial officers & Village Courts functionaries

• Academicians, researchers & law students specialising in local governance

• NGOs & institutions working on decentralisation and rural justice delivery

This 2025 Reprint Edition serves as the definitive guide to Panchayat law and village courts in Gujarat, combining statutory clarity, judicial wisdom, and practical guidance—making it indispensable for governance, legal practice, and academic study.