Legal glossary
“gram panchayat”
Defined in 2 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 · s. 2
(b) "Gram Panchayat" means an institution (by whatever name called) of self-government constituted, at the village level, under article 243B of the Constitution, for the rural areas;
Read section 2The Manipur Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 · s. 2
(i) "Gram Panchayat" means the Gram Panchayat constituted under the Act;
Read section 2