Report On The Administration Of Civil Justice In The Punjab And Its Dependencies During The Year 1874

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2In Hazara the increase is said to be due to the closing of the Settlement

3Courts, which occurred on the Ist October, 1874,

4In the other districts the cauges assigned for the increase are of a general

5nature.

67. In the following districts the decrease amounted to upwards of 10

7Districts in which there

8is a decrease, fer cent.

9SISA wep nop wep wep =~ swee-—«19 per cent,

10Muzaffargarh ... ae a a0 10

11Ferozpore ee pes see ax, 12 =

12Mooltan pr? eeu 1ope — 13 99

13The Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa, says that a series of bad seasons have so

14impoverished the indtbted ayriculturists, that the creditors

15Causes of decrease.

16know they could gain nothing by suing them.

17In Muzaffargarh the decrease is partially due te the fact that suits regarding

18land, or the rent, revenue or prodyce of land were, in consequence of the settlement

19being i in progress throughout the year, e excluded from the Cjyil Gourts.

20There is a slight decrease in all the frontier districts, ¢ except Hazara,

21The steady decrease of suits in J a which was noticed in last year's

22report, has been changed this year for an increase of YQ per cent.

232.—DIsPosai OF SUsTS.

248, Imperial Return No, 8 of the Appendix shews the general result of

25trials of suits in the Province.

26Including 10,047 suits pending from 1873, 6,147 re;admitted suits, and 17.

27Suits for disposal. suits rectived by transfer, there were a total number tor

28disposal of 2,47,013, being 13,571 more than iti thy preceding year’

29Re-admitted cases have been shewn more carefully this year than before

30which accounts for the seeming icpease jn the number,

319. Of the total number for disposal, 2,34,840. or 11,447 more than in the

32Suits disposed of. previous year, were dispoged of during the year, leayi ing a

33total pending of 12,173.

34It must be remembered that re-admitted cases are shewn twice over ,in

35disposals.

3610. Of the 2,34,840,suits disposed ofp 71,453 were disposed of without a

37decree, while ip 1,63,387 a decrce was passed, |