The number of pending cases in the various courts of the Kingdom has increased by 34% in 2021 compared to 2020, said Wednesday in Rabat, first president of the Court of Cassation, president delegate of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, Mohamed Abdennabaoui.
Speaking at the opening of the new judicial year, Abdennabaoui stressed that the courts have recorded some 4,611,236 cases under the year 2021, calling to further support the Moroccan judicial system by recruiting new judges for the coming years.
Thus, the number of judgments increased by 44.4% compared to the judicial year 2020, noted the official, highlighting the considerable increase in cases recorded under the year 2021 (+38%).
In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kingdom’s courts have made significant efforts in the pursuit of their constitutional missions, including the adjudication of 100.02% of the various pending cases, i.e. 3,858,046 out of 3,857,389 cases in 2021.
Despite these encouraging figures, 753,315 cases are still pending in the various courtrooms in Morocco at the end of the judicial year, noted Abdennabaoui, adding that each judge handled an average of about 1,800 cases per year.
Regarding the experience of remote trials, initiated as part of preventive measures related to the spread of Covid-19, Abdennabaoui pointed out that 19,700 hearings have been held remotely, allowing the processing of 425,000 cases and in which prisoners have appeared some 494,760 times.
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