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JEDDAH: The Justice Ministry said 52,482 proceedings were conducted outside official working hours, before 7.30 a.m. and after 3 p.m., in the last 100 days.
There were 30,826 executive, 17,716 judicial and 3,940 documentation proceedings. Courts’ work outside official hours aims to speed up and facilitate litigation procedures, especially in urgent and personal status cases, the ministry said.
Judicial proceedings included 847 financial cases, 717 property documentation cases, 324 divorce cases and 236 custody cases.
Riyadh topped the list with 28,125 proceedings, followed by Makkah (9,779), the Eastern Province (4,107), Asir (3,048), Jazan (1,848), Al-Qassim (1,237), Tabuk (1,202), Madinah (897), Al-Jawf (766), Najran (620), Hail (537), the Northern Border (174) and Baha (142).
In July, the Saudi justice minister and chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, Walid Al-Samaani, directed his ministry to start receiving requests for the implementation of the unified housing lease in the execution courts as an executive bond through the “unified lease contract,” after linking electronically with the Ministry of Housing.
The new lease offers applicants the right to apply directly to the Court of Execution in clear electronic proceedings. step will contribute to reducing the flow of cases to the general courts.