Explanation:

The concept of justice in the British Era and court procedures were simple and straight forward. Civil cases were decided by village panchayats (councils). Until the beginning of British rule, Panchayat System was effective in the Punjab. Cases of recovery of loans and collection of revenues were decided by the kardar, of a taluqah (a unit of a group of villages), with the help of local panches, or members of a panchayat.