law: Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 
  2. Definitions. – 
  In this Act, unless
  
  the context otherwise requires,- 
  a.     
  
    "Gram
  
  Nyayalaya" means a court established under sub-section (1) of section 3;
  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;
  c.     
  
    "High
  
  Court" means,- (i) in relation to any State, the High Court for that State;
  
  (ii) in relation to a Union territory to which the jurisdiction of the High
  
  Court for a State has been extended by law, that High Court; (iii) in relation
  
  to any other Union territory, the highest Court of criminal appeal for that
  
  territory other than the Supreme Court of India;
  d.    
  
    "notification"
  
  means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the expression
  
  "notified" shall be construed accordingly;
  e.     
  
    "Nyayadhikari"
  
  means the presiding officer of a Gram Nyayalaya appointed under section 5;
  f.     
  
    "Panchayat
  
  at intermediate level" means an institution (by whatever name called) of
  
  self-government constituted, at the intermediate level, under article 243B of
  
  the Constitution, for the rural areas in accordance with the provisions of Part
  
  IX of the Constitution;
  g.    
  
    "prescribed"
  
  means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
  h.     
  
    "Schedule"
  
  means the Schedule appended to this Act;
  i.      
  
    "State
  
  Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator
  
  thereof appointed under article 239 of the Constitution;
  j.      
  
    words
  
  and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Code of Civil
  
  Procedure, 1908 or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall have the meanings
  
  respectively assigned to them in those Codes.