Report On The Administration Of Civil Justice In The Punjab And Its Dependencies During The Year 1876

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277. Th figures thus show an increase of 17:5 per cent in appeals preferred

3General romutts, to district courts, a decrease of 6 per cent in appeals to

4Commissioners, and, as a net result, an increase of 7 per cent in the appellate

5work of district and divisional courts taken together.

678. The increase extends to both first and second appeals.

7eThe increase in first rppeals isin keeping with the increase in the number of

8Inercase in appellate OTiginal uppcalable cases disposed of during the year. The pro-

9work sanalyzod. portion of first appeals té original appealable cases is as nearly

10as possible the same for the two years. In 1875 (after deducting cases disposed

11of by Small Cause Courts, cases disposed of without contest, and cases decided

12hy arbitrators) there were 69,763 appealable cases, and 12,373 first appeals were

13preferreL ‘he returns for 2874 show 75,207 appealable cases and 13,204 first ap-

14peals. The restriction of the locgl jurisdiction of District Small Cause Courts

15had an appreciable effect in increasing the proportion borne by appcalple cases

16tu total original disposals.

17Second appeals to Commissiéners too have naturally kept pace with the

18larger number of first appeals disposed of in district courts.

1979. The large increase in the appellate work of District Coprts which

20Increase in appellate has heen noted in para 77 js, no doubt, mainly due to the

21work of Jiwtrict Court. = egtablishment of Munsiffs’ coufts and theeconséquent increase

22in the number of original snits digposed of by officers with subordinate powers.

23It is most marked in the,following districts -—

24Ferozepore ...0 9 ..t ane = +» TL per cent.

25Tudhidna «4. w5e nee wee we | TA per cent.

26Kangra eee van aT ine --. 62 per cent.

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28In Forozepore, in addition to™une common cause noted above, the year,

29a4 has been already puinted out, was marked by a large increase in land suits,

30u clans of suits which is always freely appealed. Another cnust put forward by

31the local authorities is that the stationary ceurt of the Judicial Assistant was

32more popular than the more peripatetic Court of the District court used to be.

33In Ludhiéna there was a considerable incrchse ine original suits, and the

34restriction of the local jurisdiction of the Small Cause Court to municipal limits

35increased the proportion of appealable cases.

36r No very precise causé seqms assignable for the exceptional increase ih

37\angra.

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3980. The only decrease which cafls for special notice iy that.in the Gur-

40Deeroase in appollats daspur ‘district, where, in Bpite of 13, £08 original cases

41work yn Gurddapur. havipg been decided in courts with subordinate ofvers, as

42compared with 12,677 cases in the previous yéar, appeals fell from 464 to 38t.

43The Deputy Commissioner remarks that he cannot account Tor the falling off.

4481. Of the 5,177 appeals which were instituted in Commissioners’

45Insitutions in Comme COurts, &) per cent were appeals from the orders of Courts

46wiuuers’ courts, of first instance, and 15 per cent from the orders of subor-

47dinate appellate courts.