Bahrain courts heard 73,517 cases last year

TDT | Manama

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The courts in Bahrain heard 73,517 cases last year, according to Abdullah Al Buainain, the Vice President of the Supreme Judicial Council and President of the Court of Cassation. He said 63,039 cases were settled by the courts with 90 per cent of them taking less than six months to be resolved.

The Court of First Instance heard 46,436 cases while 11,800 cases were handled by the Court of Appeal. Meanwhile, the Court of Cassation heard 2,734 cases.

The Supreme Judicial Council recently announced the launch of a package to restructure courts and to speed up the delivery of judgements in various cases. The move includes increasing the number of judges at various courts.

Domestic violence in Bahrain came down by 44 per cent last year compared to 2020, according to Public Prosecution annual statistics for the year 2021. Last year also saw a major decrease in many crimes committed across the country.

The drug crimes came down by 40pc while theft cases declined by 33.5pc. Covid rules violation cases were down by 32.6pc. The Public Prosecution last year registered 82,746 cases in which 1,137 cases were related to social media abuses.

The Public Prosecution highlighted that the jail terms of 3,741 inmates were commuted to alternate penalties on humanitarian grounds.

The substitution of sentences of imprisonment with alternative sentences, follows a judicial process after reviewing the individual, social and economic circumstances of each case, following formal referral by the Verdicts Implementation Directorate of the Interior Ministry. All cases were each considered carefully by the relevant judge.