MUSCAT: More than 60,000 lawsuits were filed in courts of first instance in Oman in 2020 of which judgements of over 40,000 cases were issued, the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) said on Monday.
According to NCSI, among the 68% of the total cases filed, 88% judgements were issued in the courts of first instance. “35.8% of the cases received by the courts of first instance were in the Governorate of Muscat, and that 21% were in the Governorate of North Al Batinah,” NCSI said.
“With regard to the courts of appeal, the number of appeals received reached 29,000. The largest number of these appeals was in the courts of Muscat, Seeb and Sohar, constituting 61.6% of the total number of appeals,” NCSI said.
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Meanwhile the Public Prosecution received over 23,000 cases in 2020. “In addition to it 40% of these cases were registered in the Governorate of Muscat. Also, 94% of these cases were classified as misdemeanours,” NCSI added.
