Report On The Administration Of The Punjab And Its Dependencies For 1873-74

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138 PUNJAB ADMINISTRATION REPORT. [ 1878-74.

2orders of the Government of India upon the scheme for re-organizing the

3Judicial agency of the Punjab are being awaited.

4112. Of the total number of suits decided, 169,937 were for money

5due, 77,936 being suits on bond, and the remainder, 92,003, for money

6due otherwise than on bond. Suits for the recovery of personal pro-

7perty or the value thereof numbered 13,096; claims to inheritance, 5,165 ;

8suits relating to the mortgage of immovable property, 3,154; to its

9partition, 1,035; suits relating to the revenue were 5,712 in number; rent

10suits 7,860, of which 1,863 only were under the Punjab Tenancy Act.

11Suits of this last class have decreased by 24 per cent. as compared with

12the previous year. This, however, does not include the suits ‘under

13the Tenancy Act instituted during the year in the Settlement Courts,

14which amounted to 2,750, against 1,770 in the previous year.

15113. The number of cases determined during the year which in-

16volved sums exceeding Rs. 500 was 1,892; 19,208 cases were for sums

17between Ks. 100 and Rs. 500; 82,237 were for sums between Rs, 20

18and Rs. 100; 85,116 for sums below Rs. 20 and over Rs. 5. There were

1935,109 suits in which the value of the subject of the claim was less than

20Rs. 5. The average value of each land suit was Rs. 51-14-8, and of

21each other suit Rs. 45-9-7, and the aggregate value of all classes of

22suits was Rs. 1,03,11,398. The average cost of each land suit was

23Rs. 6-10-3, and of suits of other descriptions Rs. 5-2-1.

24114. Hzecution of Decrecs.—Of 120,773 applications for execution,

25110,384 were disposed of during the year. Of these 41,194 were com-

26pletely executed, 30,722 were partially executed, and 33,403 were struck

27off without any exccution being effected, the proportions being 37 per

28cent., 25 percent.,and 21 per cent. respectively. The proportion of cases

29completely executed is 3 per cent. less than in the preceding year. The

30total amount for realisation was Rs, 79,388,813. Of this, Rs. 4,21,390 were

31paid voluntarily into court, and Rss 18,12,402 realised by coercive

32process, the balance remaining unrecovered. The percentage of the

33amount realised to the amount for realisation was 28, or 2 per cent. less

34than in the previous year. This decrease is attributed by the Chief

35Court rather to the exercise of a proper discretion in the execution of

36decrees than to any diminution of care on the part of the courts.

37Debtors to the number of 708 were imprisoned for debts aggregating

38Rs, 25,11,110. The terms of imprisonment were up to one month,

39346; between one month and three months, 215; above three months

40and under six months, 125; above six months, 22.

41115. Appeals.—The appeals instituted in the courts of Deputy Com-

42missioners amounted to 7,140, or 562 less than in the preceding year.

43Adding to these, cases received by transfer and pending from the

44previous year, the total for disposal was 7,651. Of these 479 were dis-