at present how many courts are functional in india
Judiciary of India Subordinate courts are also known as village courts, Lok Adalat (people's court) or Nyaya panchayat (justice of the villages), compose a system of alternative dispute resolution.[28] They were recognized through the 1888 Madras Village Court Act, then developed (after 1935) in various provinces and (after 1947) Indian states.[28] The model from the Gujarat State (with a judge and two assessors) was used from the 1970s onwards.[28] In 1984 the Law Commission recommended to create Nyaya Panchayats in rural areas with laymen ("having educational attainments").[28] The 2008 Gram Nyayalayas Act had foreseen 5,000 mobile courts in the country for judging petty civil (property cases) and criminal (up to 2 years of prison) cases.[28] However, the Act has not been enforced properly, with only 151 functional Gram Nyayalayas in the country (as of May 2012) against a target of 5000 such courts.[29] The major reasons behind the non-enforcement includes financial constraints, reluctance of lawyers, police and other government officials.[29]