Pending Court Cases On Rise in Morocco

The number of pending cases in the various courts of the Kingdom increased by 10.48% in 2022 compared to 2021, said, Monday in Rabat, President-delegate of the Moroccan Judiciary Council (CSPJ) M’hammed Abdennabaoui.
Speaking at the opening of the new judicial year, Abdennabaoui stressed that the trial courts had recorded about 5,094,712 cases in 2022, that is an additional 483,476 cases compared to the previous year.
In total, 99.54% of cases have been settled, which means 4,356,970 cases, an increase of 13% compared to 2021.
The official also noted that the 13.47% increase in the number of cases brought before the courts in the Kingdom (4,377,033 in 2022 against 3,857,389 cases in 2021) had caused a 2.8% increase in pending cases compared to 2021. 20,063 cases remain pending in the various courtrooms in Morocco by the end of the judicial year.
He explained this situation by the lack of human resources compared to the large number of cases (1,700 cases for each Judge, and 7 trials for each working day).