Town and rural courts

These are popular court whose members are chosen from amongst citizens of good conduct who are well known <well reputed and reasonably well off in rural areas their membership includes tribal chief, omdas, sheikhs, and nazirs. The distinctive feature of these courts is their application of customs, which are not inconsistent with the general law or with public policy. They resort in most cases to conciliation and accord in solving disputes over areas of pasture, water and cultivation .the competence of each court is specified in its warrant of establishment issued py the chief justice. There are98town courts,67intermediate courtsand897rural courts which add up to atotal of 1062courts.these courts are situate in remote areas particularly those where there are no district courts .town courts , as their name implies, are found in towns and deal mostly with simple cases, referred to them by the competent judge in the locality.