Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Bar for Panches to take part in certain cases.- (1) No Panch shall take part in any case, suit or proceedings to which he or she or his or her near relation, employed or employee, or partner in business is a party or in which any of them is personally interested. (2) If by reason of the number of Panches disqualified under sub- section (1) there remains no quorum the Gram Panchayat shall send the case or the suit to the Judicial Magistrate or the Sub-Judge or the Collector having jurisdiction, as the case may be, for disposal in accordance with law. Explanation.- ‘near relation’ means father, grandfather, father-in-law, maternal or paternal uncle, son, grandson, son-in-law, brother, nephew, brother-in-law, wife, sister , sister’s husband, mother, daughter, niece, mother- in-law, daughter-in-law and husband.